Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 страници |
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... epigram are involved in thefe difficulties , it is not a matter of wonder to meet with them in the modern pieces which range under the general title of Songs . ALTHOUGH many of our most celebrated poets have exercised their talents in ...
... epigram are involved in thefe difficulties , it is not a matter of wonder to meet with them in the modern pieces which range under the general title of Songs . ALTHOUGH many of our most celebrated poets have exercised their talents in ...
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... epigram- matic fong which he there cites and tranf- lates , is fo entirely diffimilar to the cele- brated piece of Sappho which he has fo happily made his own , that it is wonder , ful the diftinction did not strike him . I SHALL juft ...
... epigram- matic fong which he there cites and tranf- lates , is fo entirely diffimilar to the cele- brated piece of Sappho which he has fo happily made his own , that it is wonder , ful the diftinction did not strike him . I SHALL juft ...
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... epigram , and the variations in those pieces which are promifcuously ranged under this title , will very well ferve to point out the circumftances by which a thought becomes ingenious and witty . THE original Greek epigram was mere- ly ...
... epigram , and the variations in those pieces which are promifcuously ranged under this title , will very well ferve to point out the circumftances by which a thought becomes ingenious and witty . THE original Greek epigram was mere- ly ...
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... epigrams exactly answer the idea of fine writing before given ; confifting of natural , but uncommon thoughts , and exciting rather a calm admiration and ap- plause , than a fudden furprize . To these , the term of ingenious , may , I ...
... epigrams exactly answer the idea of fine writing before given ; confifting of natural , but uncommon thoughts , and exciting rather a calm admiration and ap- plause , than a fudden furprize . To these , the term of ingenious , may , I ...
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... the difficulty in diftinguishing between fong and epigram , yet he has done nothing towards removing it . The truth is , that in like manner as the the paffionate fong is fometimes entirely the fame with the 196 ON INGENIOUS AND.
... the difficulty in diftinguishing between fong and epigram , yet he has done nothing towards removing it . The truth is , that in like manner as the the paffionate fong is fometimes entirely the fame with the 196 ON INGENIOUS AND.
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Anacreon antient ballad beauty becauſe blefs bleft bluſh bofom breaſt CATULLUS CELIA charms cheek CHLOE circumſtance compariſon compofition cruel cry'd dear defcription defire deſpair Engliſh epigram expreffion eyes face fair falfe fancy fatire feek fentiment fhade fhall fhepherd fhould figh fimple fimplicity fince fing firft firſt fmiles foft fome fond fong forrows foul fpread ftill fubject fuch fung furprize fwain fweet gentle give grace heart itſelf know my love laft lefs lov'd lover Lyric Lyric poetry maid meaſure moſt mufic muft muſt nature ne'er nymph o'er paffion paftoral pain paſt PHYLLIS pieces pity plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetical poetry praiſe purpoſe racter reft rofe Sappho ſcene ſhall ſhe SOAME JENYNS ſpeak ſpring ſtill ſtory ſtrain ſweet taſte tears tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Twas vows weep whofe wiſh youth
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