...penetrated into the mys? teries of the art, fatigue rather than gratify the ears of others, who seeing, ido not perceive ; and hearing, do not understand ; and...whom the finest music is esteemed no better than a disorderly noise, and will be heard. with unwillingness and disgust. - ' They make use of three instruments,...

...Giraldua repeats this account of the Irish instrumental music in his Description of Wales, B. ic 12. penetrated into the mysteries of the art, fatigue...and will be heard with unwillingness and disgust. It must be remarked, however, that both Scotland and "Wales strive to rival Ireland iu the art of music...

...internal sensation of pleasure, so that the perfection of their art appears in the concealment of it. ' From this cause, those very strains which afford deep...and will be heard with unwillingness and disgust.' — Giraldus Cambrensis. He wrote on Ireland, AD 1187. full beauties of the instrument But as it is...

...From this cause those very strains afford an unspeakable mental delight to those who have skillfully penetrated into the mysteries of the art ; fatigue...esteemed no better than a confused and disorderly noise, to be heard with unwillingness and disgust. Ireland only uses and delights in two instruments — the...

...the harpist's art, he comments, appears in the concealment of it: 'from this cause', he continues, 'those very strains which afford deep and unspeakable...and will be heard with unwillingness and disgust'." Certainly, Hotspur neither perceives, understands, nor esteems the entertainment offered; both Mortimer...

...Giraldus makes on the effects music — Celtic music in particular — is likely to work on listeners: "those very strains which afford deep and unspeakable...and will be heard with unwillingness and disgust" (1892: 495). "Deep and unspeakable mental delight" or "noise": the difference consists in how well...