Note 10 — REMONSTRANCE ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ. IN 1788, ON THE SARCASMS LEVELLED AT NATIONAL GRATITUDE IN THE TASK.[4]
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“Strong in new arms, lo! giant Handel stands, “Like bold Briareus with his hundred hands!”
He certainly composed his Oratorios for a band whose complete number the comparative fewness of musical performers rendered then unattainable.