 | 1818 - 784 pages
...by the air of mystery in which the whole was involved. He engaged to write the Requiem. The siranger continued, " Employ all your genius on this work ;...Mozart remained lost in thought for some time; he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write.... | |
 | 1818 - 386 pages
...' What time do you require?' — 'A month.' — ' Very well; in a month's time I shall return. What price do you set on your work ?' — ' A hundred ducats.'...Mozart remained lost in thought for some time; he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write.... | |
 | Stendhal, Giuseppe Carpani, Théophile Frédéric Winckler, William Gardiner, Friedrich Schlichtegroll, Giuseppe Baretti - 1818 - 520 pages
...What time do you require V — " A month/' — " Very well : in a month's time I shall return. What price do you set on your work ?" — " A hundred ducats."...Mozart remained lost in thought for some time ; he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write.... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...What Ume do you require ?" — "A month." — " Very well ; in a month's time I shall return — what price do you set on your work ?" — " A hundred ducats."...Mozart remained lost in thought for some time : he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write.... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...this mournful event by a solemn service, for which he requests you to compose a requiem."—Mozart was forcibly struck by this discourse, by the grave...stranger counted them on the table, and disappeared. As he went on, he felt his strength diminish from day to day, and the score advancing slowly. The month... | |
 | 1824 - 262 pages
...time do you require ?" — " A month." — " Very well : in a month's time I shall return. — What price do you set on your work ?" — " A hundred ducats."...Recordare, which supplicates in the softest inflexions. The persnasive tone of the Corni di bassetto is again introduced with unexampled effect. It is too evident... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...time do you require ?" — " A month." — " Very well ; in a month's time I shall return — what price do you set on your work?" — "A. hundred ducats."...Mozart remained lost in thought for some time : he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write.... | |
 | 1825 - 412 pages
...What time do you require?'— 'A month.' — 'Very well: in a month's time I shall return. — What price do you set on your work ?'— ' A hundred ducats.'...Mozart remained lost in thought for some time ; he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties, began to write.... | |
 | 1825 - 426 pages
...What time do you require?' — 'A month.' — 'Very well: in a month's time I shall return. — What price do you set on your work ?' — ' A hundred ducats...and disappeared. Mozart remained lost in thought for jome time ; he then suddenly called for pen, ink, and paper, and, in spite of his wife's entreaties,... | |
 | 1833 - 776 pages
...will return. What compensation will you require ? ' ' A hundred ducats.' The stranger laid the money on the table, and disappeared. " Mozart remained lost in thought for some time : he then suddenly called for his materials, and commenced the Requiem. In his rage for composition, he... | |
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What time do you require ?" "A month." " Very well; in a month's time I shall return—what price do you set on your work ?" "A hundred ducats."* The stranger counted them on the table, and disappeared. . / Mozart remained lost in thought for some time:... 
