 | Francis Galton - Biography & Autobiography - 1853 - 352 pages
...tie a piece of reim round the bow-string and the handle, and bind them up tight together, then they hold the bow horizontally against their teeth, and...effect with it ; they attend more to the rhythm than the notes, and imitate with its music the gallop or trotting of different animals to perfection. The... | |
 | Richard Wallaschek - Dance - 1893 - 378 pages
...They tie a piece of reim round the bow-string and the handle and bind them tight together, then they hold the bow horizontally against their teeth, and strike the tense bow-string with a small stick. They attend more to the rhythm than the notes, and imitate with its music the gallop or trotting of... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1884 - 632 pages
...tie a piece of reim round the bow-string and the handle and bind them up tight together ; then they hold the bow horizontally against their teeth, and...effect with it. They attend more to the rhythm than the notes, and imitate with its music the galloping or trotting of different animals to perfection."... | |
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Their only musical instrument is their bow. They tie a piece of reim round the bow-string and the handle and bind them up tight together; then they hold the bow horizontally against their teeth, and strike the tense bow-string with a small stick. A good... 