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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR APRIL 1794 . ' J . 11 . . I . l I ll .- „ il | . ¦¦ m . f luy . n ,,.. , -... . . . 1 . , I I ., . 111 l . I . . . . —* ANECDOTES . OF MADAME MARA .
THE design , of this work is not merely to notice those who are connected with the admirable Institution to which it owes its title , but to record the ' merits of all who have deservedl y raised themselves into public distinction . No apology is therefore necessary upon . the present occasion , at least to the admirer of MUSIC , which , indeed , must be every man of worth and feeling , if tlie opinion of our great
bard 15 well-founded , that " The man that hath not MUSIC in his soul , " And is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds , " Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils : " The motions of his spirit are dull as night , fl And his affections dark as EREBUS , "
The present subject of our notice stands so hi gh in the province of vocal excellence that the furiosity of the public must naturall y be de * . s ' uous of discovering something relative to her private history . There has been much dispute about the place where she was born ; but this matter was latel y determined by herself upon oath ; for , in a suit that was tried a few months ago at the Court of King ' s Bench , the officious
counsel , in the wanton exuberance , or impertinent flippancy , that distinguishes the eloquence of the bar , desired to know where she was born ; though a solution of his enquiry bore its much reference to the cause in litigation as the exapt number of hairs that graped the chin of KOULI KHAN . GE RTRU D ii EL 1 z A B ETH S c H ME n N G ( the maiden-name of our heyoiijf . ) was then , according \ o her own testimony on the occasion alluded .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR APRIL 1794 . ' J . 11 . . I . l I ll .- „ il | . ¦¦ m . f luy . n ,,.. , -... . . . 1 . , I I ., . 111 l . I . . . . —* ANECDOTES . OF MADAME MARA .
THE design , of this work is not merely to notice those who are connected with the admirable Institution to which it owes its title , but to record the ' merits of all who have deservedl y raised themselves into public distinction . No apology is therefore necessary upon . the present occasion , at least to the admirer of MUSIC , which , indeed , must be every man of worth and feeling , if tlie opinion of our great
bard 15 well-founded , that " The man that hath not MUSIC in his soul , " And is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds , " Is fit for treasons , stratagems , and spoils : " The motions of his spirit are dull as night , fl And his affections dark as EREBUS , "
The present subject of our notice stands so hi gh in the province of vocal excellence that the furiosity of the public must naturall y be de * . s ' uous of discovering something relative to her private history . There has been much dispute about the place where she was born ; but this matter was latel y determined by herself upon oath ; for , in a suit that was tried a few months ago at the Court of King ' s Bench , the officious
counsel , in the wanton exuberance , or impertinent flippancy , that distinguishes the eloquence of the bar , desired to know where she was born ; though a solution of his enquiry bore its much reference to the cause in litigation as the exapt number of hairs that graped the chin of KOULI KHAN . GE RTRU D ii EL 1 z A B ETH S c H ME n N G ( the maiden-name of our heyoiijf . ) was then , according \ o her own testimony on the occasion alluded .