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The earnest opposition of Taylor to the scheme of the annexationists did not hamper his movements or paralyze his arm, when with his little band of regulars he beat the army of Arista on the plain of Palo Alto, and again in the precipitous Resaca de la Palma; took by storm the fortified city of Monterey, defended by a greatly superior force; and finally, with a few regiments of raw levies, posted among the rocky spurs and gorges about the farm of Buena Vista, met and defeated the best-led and the best-fought army the Mexicans ever brought into the field, outnumbering him more than four to one.
He sat fumbling nervously with the stem of a wine-glass. Outside, the rain chattered in the darkness and the alto of the wind came in long organ notes into the din of the café. He caught sight of Dorn pulling an unholy-looking woman through the pack of the room. "Here she is our lady of pain!" Dorn thrust the creature viciously into a seat beside Lockwood. She dropped with a scream of laughter.
He twirled his moustache a great many times and cleared his throat it wanted more than that to clear it and capitulated. "Upon my word, Puffin, I'm ashamed of myself for ha! for not taking my defeat better," he said. "A man's no business to let a game ruffle him." Puffin gave his alto cackling laugh. "Oh, that's all right, Major," he said. "I know it's awfully hard to lose like a gentleman."
Miss Parcher "sang alto," Mr. Bullitt "sang bass," and Mr. Watson "sang tenor" that is, he sang as high as possible, often making the top sound of a chord and always repeating the last phrase of each line before the others finished it. The melody was a little too sweet, possibly; while the singers thought so highly of the words that Mr.
Further it will be seen that both male and female voices do about the same thing at the same absolute pitches. At about E flat or E above middle C the alto or soprano passes from the chest to the middle register. It is at the same absolute pitches that the tenor passes from what is usually called open to covered tone, but which might better be called from chest to head voice.
Annexation of Texas Causes that led to annexation Message of the President General Scott's letters regarding William Henry Harrison Efforts to reduce General Scott's pay Letter to T.P. Atkinson on the slavery question Battle of Palo Alto, and of Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista "The hasty plate of soup" Scott's opinion of General Taylor Scott ordered to Mexico Proposal to revive the grade of lieutenant general, and to appoint Thomas H. Benton Scott reaches the Brazos Santiago Confidential dispatch from Scott to Taylor Co-operation of the navy Letters to the Secretary of War as to places of rendezvous Arrival and landing at Vera Cruz, and its investment, siege, and capture Letter to foreign consuls Terms of surrender Orders of General Scott after the surrender.
She had heard the Mass in Rome, and remembered the beautiful phrase which opens the "Kyrie" and which is the essence of the first part of that movement. But the altos had not the true alto quality; they were trebles singing in the lower register of their voices. Leaning towards her, Ulick whispered, "The altos are not quite in tune."
Probably the most primitive harmony was a perfect fifth resulting from the attempt of men with different ranges to sing together. The difference between a bass and a tenor voice is just about a fifth. Between an alto and a soprano it is about a fourth.
He described in a careful sequence the exact position of the dead body, the wound, caused by stabbing in the back, the strong inference that the murdered man had been attacked in the road, and then dragged just inside the Colle Alto garden door. "I don't see any reason why he should have gone outside the garden," said Michael. "Neither do I. But the garden door was unlocked.
After dinner Elizabeth seated herself at the piano, and it did Heideck good to find that Edith had a pleasant and well-trained alto voice. She sang some melancholy English and Scotch songs. "I have never sung since I left England," she said, greatly moved. Heideck had listened to the music with rapture.
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