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"Ingilis," I reply, and they resume the even tenor of their way without questioning me further. Later in the day the hilly country develops into a mountainous region, where the trail intersects numerous deep ravines whose sides are all but perpendicular.
He had trained his priests and his people there to sing it admirably you should have heard them sing Vespers; and he sang it admirably himself you should have heard him sing a Mass you should have heard that sweet old tenor voice of his in the Preface and the Pater Noster.
Was it possible that the mere sight of a human face, never beheld before, could disturb the whole tenor of my life, a stranger of whose mind and character I knew nothing, whose very voice I had never heard?
I have engaged them for the first three days of your stay here to give éclat to your hospitality, at the price of a diva and her accompanying tenor, I must admit. It is their very first appearance professionally, and I think that I have done very well by you." Mr. Windsor gave a little groan, which Mr.
Should there appear in General Lee's writings any thing injurious or unfriendly to me, the impartial and dispassionate world must decide how far I deserved it from the general tenor of my conduct."
And then Owen was spoken of with the warmest praise by them all, and Clara explained openly what had been the full tenor of his intended conduct. "That would have been impossible," said Herbert. "But it was not the less noble in him, was it?" said Clara, eagerly.
He cannot be satisfied that the tenor of this creature's existence is at all understood without a minute knowledge of the things and objects that surround it.
"Yes, but quite unconsciously you kicked your camel with your left foot when we were some way from the tent you didn't notice, but she immediately began to turn to the left; after that, you patted her continually on the left side, and camels, who, from pure stupidity or hereditary instinct, will go straight on to eternity untouched, are trained to turn in the direction of the side touched by hand, foot, or whip; the single rein is of very little use, and hardly ever used by a native, for once a camel bolts, nothing will stop him, excepting a cloth flung over his head, or the birth of some passing fancy in his head, which serves to divert the evil tenor of his benighted brain.
"Pater de coelis Deus, miserere nobis; Fili Redemptor mundi Deus, miserere nobis, Spiritus sancte Deus, miserere nobis; Sancte Trinitas unus Deus, miserere nobis" the Tenor sang softly to himself as he slowly pursued his way.
This lasted nearly three minutes, during which time the figures were really perfectly motionless. The basso finished his air and the tenor sang another while the curtain was up. This tableau represented the cross supported by an angel, while grouped around were men, women and children looking up at it in adoration. This was the "Kreuzesschule" the school of the Cross the prologue to the piece.
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