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Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. [1] The word "breast" is often misquoted as "beast" and "has" sometimes appears as "hath". The lines are probably inspired by Pharsalia, written by Lucan. [2] Also often repeated is a quotation of Zara in Act III, Scene II: Heav'n has no rage, like love to ...
William Congreve was born in Bardsey Grange, on an estate near Ledston, West Riding of Yorkshire. [1] Although Samuel Johnson disputed this, it has since been confirmed by a baptism entry for "William, sonne of Mr. William Congreve, of Bardsey grange, baptised 10 February 1669" [i.e. 1670 by the modern reckoning of the new year]. [2]
It probably inspired at least two of the best known lines – "Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, / To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak." – from William Congreve's 1697 play, The Mourning Bride. [55]
“Music has charms to soothe the savage beast” is a line from a seventeenth century play with so much truth to it, it has been remembered long after everything else about play and playwright ...
Williams, 42, captioned a TikTok video on Sunday, December 3. “I have to say after a week of using MY breast milk under my eye — it worked! I’m dying to hear your thoughts. Be nice lol.”
By the time Sydney turned 18, her mom, Lisa Sweeney, had convinced her not to undergo a breast reduction. “My mom told me, ‘Don’t do it. “My mom told me, ‘Don’t do it. You’ll regret ...
Wright also turns famous sayings into lipograms. Instead of William Congreve's original line, "Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast", Wright writes that music "hath charms to calm a wild bosom." John Keats' "a thing of beauty is a joy forever" becomes "a charming thing is a joy always". [3]
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast; N. Nature abhors a vacuum; Necessity is the mother of invention; Needs must when the devil drives; Ne'er cast a clout ...