Word: ear
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...songs for the world's dull ear...
...draw the curtain on this heart-rending scene, and as we glide down the long, lonely hallway, let us softly apply our ear to the door of a neighboring room. Hark! Do you not hear it, - the convulsive sobbing of a woman in distress? Patter, patter, patter, the tears go as they fall - upon what? Surely it can be nothing else, - upon a stiffly starched shirt-bosom, while the poor girl cries as if her heart would break. Ah, yes, dear reader, do not pretend to conceal your tears, it is no other than the unhappy "co-ed," with whom...
...affections must be won, but how? A sight that had met our wandering gaze suggested the modus. Just in front of the girls, and consequently but two seats in front of us, there was one of those honest, real old-fashioned bald-heads, with about five hairs above each ear and all the rest a glittering expanse. Now, it has always been a theory of mine that if you can get a young lady to smile at what you say, you can soon get her to smile...
...spokes and hub and rubber tire of the front wheel that I seemed to be a natural and necessary part of its construction; while the hind wheel had thrown itself jauntily into the air, and, with its rapid revolutions, was playing sweet &AEolian melodies against the margin of my ear. All this was more or less discouraging, but I was mastering the art, so I still writhed along. But now comes the saddest chapter in this mournful tale; a very sad chapter, and of course there's a woman in it. It was a melancholy day for this innocent, unsuspecting...
...representation of the tragedy. The music consists of a prelude and six choruses, remarkable alike for their dramatic spirit and for their variety. The student of music will naturally find more of value in them than the ordinary listener will be likely to. Yet those, who, though having "an ear for music," have given it no training, find much pleasure in listening to the choruses. In short, they can be enjoyed by all who are at all musically inclined. This work, with the "Spring" Symphony, is held by those competent to judge to be clearly the greatest production of native...