 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...appeared to be surprized to see me, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand ; alleging, she used not to play before men ; but when she was solitary, to shun melancholy.'* ' If,' says Dr. Burney, ' she was ever able to perform any of the pieces preserved in a MS. which goes... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 pages
...appeared surprised, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, saying she was not accustomed to play before men, but when she was solitary, to shun melancholy. She asked me how I came there ? I answered, as I was walking \vith my Lord of Hunsdean, as we passed by the chamber... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - 1809 - 590 pages
...appeared surprised, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, saying she was not accustomed to play before men, but when she was solitary, to shun melancholy. She asked me how I came there ? I answered, as I was walking with my Lord of Hunsdean, as we passed by the chamber... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 516 pages
...to be surprised to see me, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand ; alleging that she used not to play before men, but when she was solitary,...there ? I answered, as I was walking with my lord of Hunsdon, as we passed by the chamber door, I heard such melody as ravished me, whereby I was drawn... | |
 | John Nichols - 1823 - 710 pages
...turned her about, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, alledging, she was not used to play before men, but when she was solitary to shun melancholy 2.' To this passage it may not be amiss to add a little anecdote, which perhaps has never yet appeared... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...and came forward seeming to strike me with her hand, alleging that she used not toplay before menj but when she was solitary, to shun melancholy. She asked how I came there ? I answeied, as I was walking with my Lord of Hunsdon, as we passed by the chamber door, I heard such... | |
 | 1824 - 406 pages
...surprised to see me, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, alledging she was not used to play before men, but when she was solitary to shun melancholy." It is also- said that she played on an instrument strung with wire, called the polipliant. In the Imur... | |
 | George Hogarth - 1835 - 486 pages
...appeared to be surprised to see me, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, alleging, she used not to play before men, but when she was solitary,...how I came there ? I answered, as I was walking with lord Hunsden, as we passed by the chamber door, I heard such a melody as ravished me, whereby I was... | |
 | 1850 - 464 pages
...appeared to be surprised to se me, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, alleging that she used not to play before men, but when she was solitary,...door, I heard such a melody as ravished me, whereby I was drawn in ere I knew how; excusing my fault of homeliness as being brought up m the court of France,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 638 pages
...to be surprised to see me, and came forward, seeming to strike me with her hand, alleging that she used not to play before men, but when she was solitary, to shun melancholy. She asked me how I came there? I answered, as I was walking with my Lord of Hunsdon, as we passed by the chamber-door,... | |
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I answered, as I was walking with my Lord Hunsdon, as we passed by the chamber door, I heard such a melody as ravished me, whereby I was drawn in ere I knew how ; excusing my fault of homeliness, as being brought up in the court of France, where such... 
