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the beginning of the world : an ample 

 thought ! till the day of doom ; awful 

 contemplation ! 



" There is none who would wifh for 

 life amongft us, fhould he be {killed in 

 mufrc ; for there as nothing but the din 

 of this leathern harp ; (fie on the office ! ) 

 profperous it fhall not be, played with 

 a horny nail of unpleafant form ;* only 

 the gracelefs bears it. For a learner, 

 it will be difficult in a month to put 

 it in tune the copper tinted flrumpet ; 

 an ugly plague, like the naked curve of 

 therainbow, a frightful form. Itisthe mur- 

 mur of young fprawling crows,apleafmg 

 brood affecled by the rain. Having an 

 ardent third for perfection I loved not 

 it's button-covered trough, nor it's mu- 

 fic ; nor it's guts, -founding eventful 



* Galileo in his dialogue on ancient, and modern mufic, 

 fays, the performer on the harp, let his nails grow to a con. 

 diderable length, trimming them with great care, and form- 

 ing them fotnewhat like the quills on the Jacks of a Harpfi- 

 chord. 



difguft ; 



