soul-moving

Never had he touched his guitar with such skill; never had he poured forth more soul-moving ditties, but he had no longer a country curate or country lass to deal with.

Washington Irving 2004

Never had he touched his guitar with such skill; never had he poured forth more soul-moving ditties, but he had no longer a country curate or country lass to deal with.

The Alhambra 2002

Never had he touched his guitar with such skill; never had he poured forth more soul-moving ditties, but he had no longer a country curate or country lass to deal with.

The Alhambra 2002

On casting down her eyes, she happened to see the open piano, and hastening to it her white hands commenced playing a soul-moving melody.

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan

The corpse before me seemed to be a leading singer; his soul-moving, heart-rending treble, sounded something like scraping slate pencil upon glass; the stave was of the following joyous import: --

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829 Various

If it means the embodying of some noble, beautiful, soul-moving thought in a form that can be seen and understood, and means nothing less than this, then it is indeed a worthy motto.

Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters Deristhe L. Hoyt

Their cheeriness under the most terrible conditions was soul-moving.

Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

I have heard the sublime melodies of Handel, Hayden, and Mozart, performed by the most skilful musicians; I have listened with delight and awe to the soul-moving compositions of those masters, as they have been chaunted in the most magnificent churches; but never did I hear such music, and played upon such an instrument, as that sent forth by the great organ in the Cathedral of York.

Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met William Wells Brown

Again she sent up a soul-moving petition for help.

From the Valley of the Missing Grace Miller White 1912

Greek and Roman art, Egyptian architecture, Catholic grandeur, or Quaker simplicity, all speak some great and noble soul-moving and world-moving power.

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905