...Shakspeare or myself possess the greater genius. It is from the Merchant of Venice: The man thai has no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sound?, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And...

...manifest sign of a distempered melancholy state, as Plato long since complained." The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons., stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirits are dull as night,...

...fervent pitch of devotion. On the effects of music, Shakspeare thus expresses himselft The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds. Is fit for treasons, villanies and spoil : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And...

...human nature in all its moods, and who lias told us with the precision of truth — " The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is lit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils." Sacred history actually assures us of the power...

...fervent pitch of devotion. On the effects of music, Shakspeare thus expresses himself, The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, villanies and spoil : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And...

...stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature : The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night,...

...safely pronounce to be ' excellent.' Well does my old favourite, Shakspeare, say, " The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night,...

...safely pronounce to be ' excellent.' Well does my old favourite, Shakspeare, say, '• The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night,...

...into new. As to concerts, whether public or private, I am an advocate for both for ' The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And...

...stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature: The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And...