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" must take a more plain and simple road." These few words brought a- bout an entire change in his manner of singing; from this time he mixed the pathetic with the spirited, the simple with the sublime, and, by these means, delighted as well as astonished every hearer.
In the year 1734, he came into Eng- land, where every one knows who heard, or has heard of him, what an effect his surprising talents had upon the audience: it was extacy! rapture! enchantment!
In the famous air Son qual Nave, which was composed by his brother, the first note he sung was taken with such delica- cy, swelled by minute degrees to such an amazing volume, and afterwards di- minished in the same manner to a mere point, that it was applauded for full five minutes. After this he set off with such brilliancy and rapidity of execution, that it was difficult for the violins of those days to keep pace with him. In short,
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