A mechanical essay on singing, musick and dancing . Containing their uses and abuses; and demonstrating, by clear and evident reasons, the alterations they produce in a human body.

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A mechanical essay on singing, musick and dancing . Containing their uses and abuses; and demonstrating, by clear and evident reasons, the alterations they produce in a human body.