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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Welsh Triple Harp

​WELSH TRIPLE HARP (Telyn dair-rhes). This instrument has three rows of strings; the two outside rows being tuned in unison, according to the diatonic scale, and the inner row tuned so as to supply the flats and sharps required to complete the chromatic scale.
The Welsh Triple Harp is the only instrument of its kind that has ever been known with the strings on the right side, of the comb; thereby ​necessitating its being tuned with the tuning-hammer in the left hand, which is exceedingly awkward to any one who is not left-handed. This also explains why it is held on the left shoulder, and played upon with the left hand in the treble and the right hand in the bass, so as to leave a full view of the strings; otherwise the comb would inconveniently intercept the view.
Vincentio Galileo, in his 'Dissertation on Ancient and Modern Music,' published in Florence in 1581, states that a double harp (or harp with two rows of strings) was common in Italy in his day. It consisted of a diatonic scale on the right side from the upper part down to the centre of the instrument, with another row of accidentals on the opposite side, to be played, when required, by putting the finger through; and the diatonic scale continued on the left side from the centre to the lower part of the instrument, with the accidentals on the other row on the opposite side. This shows that it was played on with the right hand in the treble and the left in the bass.
Galileo alleges that Italy derived this instrument from Ireland; but it is difficult to conceive how the Irish could have possessed such a harp, inasmuch as it has left no trace upon their national music, the peculiarity of the scale of which consists in leaving out all the notes and accidentals which indicate the least modulation from key to key, but which notes and accidentals would have been available on the above instrument. The invention of the Welsh Triple Harp, with three rows of strings, naturally followed; for, as music advanced, the inconvenience of being circumscribed within the limited compass of only half the diatonic scale on either side of the instrument would soon be felt; therefore the diatonic scale was extended on each side to the full extent of the instrument, with a centre row of accidentals equally extended and accessible from either side. This invention, so far in advance of any other instrument of its kind hitherto known, must have given a powerful impetus to the progress of music in the Principality, and may go far to account for the beauty, in an artistic point of view, of the national music of Wales.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Well-Tempered Clavier

​WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER. [See Wohltemperirte Klavier.]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Westbrook, William

​WESTBROOK, William Joseph, Mus. Doc., born in London Jan. 1, 1831. His instructor was Mr. R. Temple, a blind organist. In 1848 he became organist of St. Bartholomew's, Bethnal Green, which he exchanged in 1851 for St. Bartholomew's, Sydenham, where he has since remained. He took his degree of Mus. Bac. at ​Cambridge in February 1876, the exercise being a setting of Psalm xxiii. for chorus, solo voices and orchestra; and his Doctor of Music degree in May 1878, his exercise, 'Jesus, an oratoriette,' for solo voices, eight-part chorus, and orchestra, having been performed with great success in the chapel of Queen's College, Cambridge. He is Examiner in Music to the College of Preceptors; was sub-organist at the Crystal Palace for some three years, and conductor for thirteen years of the South Norwood Musical Society, with which he has given 73 concerts of high-class music.
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# A Failure (Wharton)

April 1880
I MEANT to be so strong and true! The world may smile and question, When? But what I might have been to you I cannot be to other men. Just one in twenty to the rest, And all in all to you alone, -- This was my dream; perchance 'tis best That this, like other dreams, is flown.  
For you I should have been so kind, So prompt my spirit to control, To win fresh vigor for my mind, And purer beauties for my soul; Beneath your eye I might have grown To that divine, ideal height, Which, mating wholly with your own, Our equal spirits should unite.
To others I am less than naught; To you I might have been so much, Could but your calm, discerning thought Have put my powers to the touch! Your love had made me doubly fair; Your wisdom made me thrice as wise, Lent clearer lustre to my hair, And read new meanings in my eyes.  
Ah, yes, to you I might have been That happy being, past recall, The slave, the helpmeet, and the queen, -- All these in one, and one in all. But that which I had dreamed to do I learned too late was dreamed in vain, For what I might have been to you I cannot be to other men.
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# A Fairy from the Sun-shower

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A FAIRY FROM THE SUN-SHOWER
[When the Servians see the sun-rays of a summer shower they say it is the fairies combing their hair.]
Over the meadow a shower is roaming ;  Just beyond is the summer sun ; Fair is the hair that the fays are combing—  Myth come true ! here 's my dainty one Tripping the path in the wind's soft blowing ; Her slender form through her gown is showing, Her foot scarce whispers the way she 's going.  " Come, my bright one, come, my soul,
 Let my kisses be your goal."
But the path has heard my sighing,  Turns aside, and leads my fay Into the forest, love defying.  Path, accursed be ! — but stay ! Lost to love each moment gliding, What if in the woodland hiding Still for me my fay be biding ! . . .  " Wait, my bright one, wait, my soul,  Your sweet kisses are my goal."
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# A Fairy Prince

“Prince Charming, when the wizard's wand…”
* Shorter, Dora Sigerson (1893), "A Fairy Prince" in Verses
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# A Fable for Critics/Advert

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# A Face

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# A Fable for Critics/A Fable for the Critics

A Fable for the Critics.
* ↑ To demonstrate quickly and easily how per- -versely absurd 'tis to sound this name Cowper, As people in general call him named super, I remark that he rhymes it himself with horse-trooper.
* ↑ (If you call Snooks an owl, he will show by his looks That he's morally certain you're jealous of Snooks.)
* ↑ (Cuts rightly called wooden, as all must admit.)
* ↑ That is in most cases we do, but not all, Past a doubt, there are men who are innately small, Such as Blank, who, without being 'minished a little, Might stand for a type of the Absolute Little.
* ↑ (And, at this just conclusion will surely survive, Thank the goodness of earth is more dead than alive.)
* ↑ Not forgetting their tea and their toast, though, the while.
* ↑ Turn back now to page—goodness only knows what, And take a fresh hold on the thread of my plot.
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# A Gallery of Children

A GALLERY of CHILDREN
By
A. A. MILNE
Illustrations by SAIDA (H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR)
PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY COMPANY WASHINGTON SQUARE
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
CONTENTS
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Williams, George

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Willing, Christopher

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Wilson, John (1801-1849)

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Willmers, Heinrich

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Williams, Anne & Martha

​WILLIAMS, the Sisters, born at Bitterley, near Ludlow—Anne, in 1818, Martha in 1821. They received instruction in singing from T. S. Cooke ('Tom Cooke') and Signor Negri, and in 1840 first appeared in public in the provinces, speedily established a reputation in oratorio and other concerts, and in 1846 sang subordinate parts on the production of 'Elijah' at Birmingham. In concerts, their singing of duets of Mendelssohn, Macfarren, Smart, etc., was greatly admired, and is still remembered with pleasure. The ​elder sister retired from public life on her marriage with Mr. Alfred Price of Gloucester, May 16, 1850, and is thus mentioned in the Athenæum of May 18, 'A more modestly valuable or more steadily improving artist was not among the company of native soprani.'
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Willis, Henry

​WILLIS, Henry, one of the leading English organ-builders; born April 27, 1821; was articled in 1835 to John Gray; and in 1847 took the first step in his career by re-building the organ at Gloucester Cathedral, with the then unusual compass of 29 notes in the pedals. In the Great Exhibition of 1851 he exhibited a large organ, which was much noticed, and which led to his being selected to build that for St. George's Hall, Liverpool, which under the hands of Mr. Best has become so widely known. The organ which he exhibited in the Exhibition of 1862 also procured him much fame, and became the nucleus of that at the Alexandra Palace, destroyed by fire on June 9, 1873, shortly after its completion. His next feat was the organ for the Royal Albert Hall (opened 1871), which in size, and for the efficiency of its pneumatic, mechanical and acoustic qualities, shares its high reputation with the second Alexandra Palace organ, which was constructed for the restoration of that building, and was opened in May 1875.
Mr. Willis has supplied or renewed organs to nearly half the Cathedrals of England, viz. St. Paul's (1872), Canterbury (86), Carlisle (56), Durham (77), Hereford (79), Oxford (84), Salisbury (77), Wells (57), Winchester (53), Truro, St. David's, (81), Edinburgh (79), Glasgow (79), as well as many colleges, churches, halls, etc. The award of the Council Medal to Mr. Willis in 1851 specifies his application of an improved exhausting valve to the Pneumatic lever, the application of pneumatic levers in a compound form, and the invention of a movement for facilitating the drawing of stops singly or in combination. In 1862 the Prize Medal was awarded to him for further improvements. In 1885 the Gold Medal was given him for 'excellence of tone, ingenuity of design, and perfection of execution.' His only patent is dated March 9, 1868.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Willman, Thomas

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Willy, John

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# A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including the Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865/Volume 1/Resolution Permitting the Compilation

Resolution Permitting the Compilation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Sec. 5. That permission is hereby granted to James D. Richardson to compile, edit, and publish, without expense to the Government, the State papers and diplomatic correspondence of the late Confederate States, and access to said papers and correspondence shall be given him for that purpose by the heads of the Executive Departments having such papers in charge, under such regulations as may be respectively prescribed by them.
Approved April 17, 1900.
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# A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including the Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865/Volume 1/Provisional Congress, Fourth Session (Called)

FOURTH SESSION (CALLED).
MET AT RICHMOND, VA., SEPTEMBER 3, 1861. ADJOURNED SAME DAY.
MESSAGE.
Gentlemen of the Congress.
The bill important to the public service, being one to continue in office persons who have been appointed and nominated, and whose nominations had not been acted upon, was, I learned after your adjournment on the 31st ultimo, enrolled for my signature, ​but by some accident was not delivered to me, and thus failed to become a law; wherefore it has become necessary to convene you.
Jefferson Davis.
September 3, 1861.
PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the Confederate States.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, the Sovereign Disposer of events, to protect and defend the Confederate States hitherto in their conflict with their enemies, and to be unto them a shield: and
Whereas, with grateful thanks we recognize his hand, and acknowledge that not unto us, but unto him, belongeth the victory; and in humble dependence upon his almighty strength, and trusting in the justness of our cause, we appeal to him, that he may set at naught the efforts of our enemies, and put them to confusion and shame:
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, in view of the impending conflict, do hereby set apart Friday, the 15th day of November, as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer; and I do hereby invite the reverend clergy and people of these Confederate States to repair on that day to their usual places of public worship, and to implore the blessings of Almighty God upon our arms, that he may give us victory over our enemies, preserve our homes and altars from pollution, and secure to us the restoration of peace and prosperity.
| [SEAL.] | Given under my hand and the seal of the Confederate States, at Richmond, this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. |
Jefferson Davis.
By the President:
R. M. T. Hunter, Secretary of State.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clarke, Edward Francis

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​CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Francis Clarke entered the Navy 30 Dec. 1828; passed his examination 20 March, 1835; obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841; and, from ​1 Dec. in that year, until 1845, served, on the Mediterranean station, in the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan, Bt., and Geo. Fred. Rich, flagship latterly of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He is now on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clarke, Edward John Bellenden

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​CLARKE. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 3.)
Edward John Bellenden Clarke was born 26 Oct. 1813.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs, and afterwards served, until he invalided, in June, 1835, as Midshipman, in the Nimrod 20, Capt. Sam. Radford, and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, on the Irish and Mediterranean stations. While with the latter officer, he assisted, 20 March, 1833, at the capture of some notorious pirates near, the island of Thasos. In June, 1836, having passed his examination 18 months previously, he returned to the Mediterranean as Mate of the Magpie surveying-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Saumarez Brock. He was invested, in April, 1839, with the command of the Woodlark tender, for the purpose of surveying the Orkneys; attained his present rank 26 Aug. 1841; and was afterwards appointed, 2 Sept. 1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, in China – 21 Aug. 1843, to the Camperdown 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace at the Nore – 28 Dec. 1843, to the Hecate steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower, on the coast of Ireland – 4 April, 1845, to the Vesuvius, another steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas O’Callaghan, employed on the North America and West India station – and, 3 July, 1845, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Radcliffe.
Lieut. Clarke married in 1840. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clarke, Hyde John

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​CLARKE. (Ret. Capt., 1840: f-p., 16; h-p., 40.)
Hyde John Clarke entered the Navy, 29 June, 1791, as Captain’s Seirvant, on bbatd the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir Andw. Snape Hamond, lying at Portsmouth; removed, as Midshipman, with the same officer, in March, 1793, to the Duke 90, bearing the broad pendant, afterwards, of Commodore Murray, in the West Indies; and next served, until the close of 1798, off Newfoundland and in the North Sea, on board the Amphion 32, and Nassau 64, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Plampin, Termagant 18, Capt. David Lloyd, and Inspector 16, Capt. Chas. Lock, of which latter vessel he was created a Lieutenant 27 Sept. 1797. Until he invalided in Aug. 1807, his further appointments were, as First-Lieutenant – 31 Dec. 1798, and 19 July, 1801, to the Lowestoft 82, and Nereide 36, Capts. Robt. Plampin and Robt. Mends, on the Jamaica station – 17 July, 1803, to the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, employed off France and Ferrol – and, 12 Dec. 1804, and 17 Aug. 1805, to the Antelope 50, and Powerful 74, both commanded by Capt. R. Plampin in the North Sea and East Indies. On the latter station Mr. Clarke assisted at the capture, 13 June and 9 July, 1806, of the privateers La Henriette, of 20 guns and 124 men, and, after a running fight of nearly two hours, and some loss, La Bellone, of 30 guns and 194 men. He subsequently joined, 23 Aug. 1810, also as Senior, the Téméraire 98, Rear-Admiral T. F. Fremantle, fitting for the Mediterranean, but, prior to sailing, was promoted, 21 Oct. following, to the rank of Commander. Capt. Clarke, who has been ever since on half-pay, accepted a retired Captaincy 10 Sept. 1840. Agents – Pellet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clarke, Charles Griffin

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​CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Charles Griffin Clarke entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1808; passed his examination in 1816; obtained his commission 23 Dec. 1826; joined the Coast Guard 12 Jan. 1835; removed, 18 Oct. 1841, to the Nimble Revenue-cruizer; went back to the Coast Guard 11 Aug. 1843; and, since 17 Oct. following, has again been in command of a Revenue-vessel, the Stag, in which he has, on one or two occasions, distinguished himself.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clarke, Job Bennet

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​CLARKE. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.)
Job Bennet Clarke entered the Navy, in May, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goree 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, on the North American station, where, removing soon afterwards, as Midshipman, to the Emulous 18, Capt. Wm. Howe Mulcaster, he assisted, 30 July, 1812, at the capture of the Gossamer United States privateer, of 14 guns and 100 men, and was wrecked, on Sable Island, 3 Aug. following. He next joined the Aeolus 32, Capt. Lord. Jas. Townshend, from which frigate he appears to have been transferred to the Laurestinus 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, in time to be again wrecked, on the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22 Oct. 1813. After an additional servitude in the Barrosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, and Florida 20, Capt. Nathaniel Mitchell, on the America and West India station, Mr. Clarke, in 1815, sailed for the East Indies on board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavell, and, on his return to England in 1818, entered the Coast Blockade service, as Midshipman of the Severn, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. On 30 June, 1820, we find him, as Acting-Lieutenant, assuming an appointment, under the Hon. Capt. Byng, on Lake Champlain, of which – being officially promoted 26 Dec. 1822 – he retained possession until 1826. He returned to Canada early in 1839, as Lieutenant of the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, but came home in 1840, and, on 5 April, 1342, obtained a command in the Coast Guard. Since the spring of 1843, Lieut. Clarke has again been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.