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Si Mozart, au lieu de jouer du clavecin dès l'âge de trois ans, après très-peu de temps d'exercice, eut joué une mélodie sans aucune étude préalable, on aurait pu assurer en toute vérité qu'il le faisait instinctivement.
If Mozart, instead of playing the pianoforte at three years old with wonderfully little practice, had played a tune with no practice at all, he might truly be said to have done so instinctively.
Si Mozart, au lieu de jouer du piano à l'âge de trois ans avec fort peu de pratique, eût joué un air sans pratique aucune, on aurait pu dire réellement qu'il le faisait par instinct.
If Mozart, instead of playing the pianoforte at three years old with wonderfully little practice, had played a tune with no practice at all, he might truly be said to have done so instinctively.
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