John Weeks Moore

“ All this is perfectly intelligible, without supposing their musicians to have possessed any secret in melody that is lost to the present age, when we consider the convivial nature of those assemblies where music was generally introduced. It is not uncommon to see the manliest natures melted into tears by simple melody, or a company to join in dancing and shouting, when the glass has circulated and the fiddle has struck up. ”

“ Our northern ancestors drank very heartily ; and it is much more credible, that the strong potations which they had swallowed, rather than the hand of the harper, introduced riots into their meetings. ”