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  • He had also made a harp that was said to play of itself — which it very likely did, as AEolian Harps, which are played by the wind, and are understood now, always do.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • There was never yet such a storm but it was AEolian music to a healthy and innocent ear.

    Walden 2004

  • Nay; I listened again and again, and I DID hear a faint and extremely distant sound of music, like that of an AEolian harp, borne upon the wind which was blowing fresh and chill from the opposite mountains.

    Erewhon 2003

  • Her mischievous eyes, her lips, crimson with fulness of life, were not made for such AEolian-harp sentimentalities.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Now, as the tone grows full or sharp, 'T is whispering of the AEolian harp.

    Letters and Journals 02] Morse, Samuel F B 1914

  • He's just a sort of AEolian harp that sings to the temper of the wind.

    Touch and Go 1907

  • The thought even of good food always calmed Robert's savage breast; it blew upon him as the wind on an AEolian harp hung in the trees, evoking faint sweet sounds.

    Queen Lucia 1903

  • He added, presently, a great AEolian Orchestrelle, with a variety of music for his different moods.

    Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • He added, presently, a great AEolian Orchestrelle, with a variety of music for his different moods.

    Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • He strung a number of copper wires at different degrees of tension between two trees, and listened to the wind as it ranged up and down on this improvised AEolian harp.

    A Journey in Other Worlds 1894

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