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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Clearly a teetotaller. There is usua=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] German =
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English ringing in 1786</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Just stumbled across this when doing some work on Engl=
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church music.<BR>I guess many of you may know it already.<BR><BR>'As the=
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English are very fond of ringing bells, the churches are<BR>frequently=20
furnished with a set of them, that they may be rung in some<BR>musical ma=
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which, though it makes an intolerable noise, is<BR>nevertheless, thought =
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many highly entertaining ... I once lived near<BR>a church-yard in London=
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where there is, what they call an excellent set<BR>of bells; and I would,=
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my own experience, advise those who love<BR>quietness or study, to keep a=
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good distance from churches.'<BR><BR>F A Wendeborn 'A view of England' (1=
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