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8 the AdvttnUgts ofMufck^
I am perfwaded that were the minds
ofourEngHQi youth, more poflefled
with this delightful and innocent re-
creation, which is hardly capable of
excels, they would afterwards value
it above their vainer Sports, and by
their efteem and pleafure in it, be
fore-ftalled againfl: any extravagant
debauchery. It may therefore upon
this account feem a more ingenious
piece of policy, for fome progging
Guardians to educate their Pupils in
this advantageous divertifemettt, ra-
ther then to inftill their fneaking prin-
ciples of covetoufnefs, which if they
take eflfecl:, Tender them bafe on one
hand, but ofteneft on the other break
out into a contradidtive prodigality 5
as we daily fee the moft fubtle (craping
fellows are f ufually followed by the
wildeft heirs.
Iri Country Recreations ( which
Citizens enjoy not, neither are like
Mufick, always in feafoh, but depend
much upon the time of the year, and
the weather) there is not much to be
valued, except the wholfome exerci(e 3
and the frefh air, which are things al-
together extrinfical, in'refpeci of the
Sport, whofe quarry is always unwor-
1 i thy
I am perfwaded that were the minds
ofourEngHQi youth, more poflefled
with this delightful and innocent re-
creation, which is hardly capable of
excels, they would afterwards value
it above their vainer Sports, and by
their efteem and pleafure in it, be
fore-ftalled againfl: any extravagant
debauchery. It may therefore upon
this account feem a more ingenious
piece of policy, for fome progging
Guardians to educate their Pupils in
this advantageous divertifemettt, ra-
ther then to inftill their fneaking prin-
ciples of covetoufnefs, which if they
take eflfecl:, Tender them bafe on one
hand, but ofteneft on the other break
out into a contradidtive prodigality 5
as we daily fee the moft fubtle (craping
fellows are f ufually followed by the
wildeft heirs.
Iri Country Recreations ( which
Citizens enjoy not, neither are like
Mufick, always in feafoh, but depend
much upon the time of the year, and
the weather) there is not much to be
valued, except the wholfome exerci(e 3
and the frefh air, which are things al-
together extrinfical, in'refpeci of the
Sport, whofe quarry is always unwor-
1 i thy
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (34) Page 8 |
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| Description | By casting away the perplexity of different cliffs. And uniting all sorts of musick lute, viol, violin, organ, harpsechord, voice, &c. in one universal character. By Thomas Salmon, Master of Arts of Trinity College in Oxford.. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.8 |
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| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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