twingle

Bright blazers, and twingle-twang banjoes, and bottles of Bass, my dear boy,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 Various

That the martial clangour of a trumpet had something in it vastly more grand, heroic, and sublime than the twingle-twangle of

The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777

That the martial clangour of a trumpet had something in it vastly more grand, heroic, and sublime, than the twingle twangle of a jew's-harp: that the delicate flexure of a rose-twig, when the half-blown flower is heavy with the tears of the dawn, was infinitely more beautiful and elegant than the upright stub of a burdock; and that from something innate and independent of all associations of ideas; -- these I had set down as irrefragable, orthodox truths, until perusing your book shook my faith.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777

That the martial clangour of a trumpet had something in it vastly more grand, heroic, and sublime, than the twingle twangle of a Jews-harp; that the delicate flexure of a rose-twig, when the half-blown flower is heavy with the tears of the dawn, was infinitely more beautiful and elegant than the upright stub of a burdock; and that from something innate and independent of all associations of ideas; - these I had set down as irrefragable, orthodox truths, until perusing your book shook my faith.

The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777

In his letter to the author, acknowledging the receipt of his book, Burns says, "I own, sir, at first glance, several of your propositions startle me as paradoxical: that the martial clangour of a trumpet had something in it vastly more grand, heroic, and sublime than the twingle-twangle of a Jew's-harp; that the delicate flexure of

Robert Burns John Campbell Shairp 1852