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Voice and violin: sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences by T.L. Phipson, 1898
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1even when they were lit up by a momentary smile.
3Two or three long years thus roll by, the young wandering musicians still earning a scanty living along the banks of the Danube; and finally, when the charming Liza was fourteen and Giorgi about sixteen or seventeen, they found themselves one day on the outskirts of Vienna, where the sad episode of Gallait's splendid picture occurred. Alas! the lovely girl had not merely fainted; she had indeed fallen into a deep sleep—but it was the sleep of death!
5By this severe blow Giorgi was for a time deprived of reason, and had to be taken in charge by the authorities of Vienna. Months of seclusion followed before his ravings ceased and sanity again declared itself. His naturally strong constitution finally overcame this fearful shock, and to earn his bread he again took up his violin—now, alas! without the accompanying tambourine and the bewitching beauty of his beloved sister.
7His lot was harder than before, and misery combined with grief well-nigh destroyed all that remained of his physical and mental powers.
9It happened that one day, during some military manoeuvres, he was delighting a group of Austrian soldiers by his playing, when the firm, round tones of his Eberle violin reached the ears of some
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