Essays on Song-writing; with a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritEvans, 1810 - 352 страници |
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... kind which we possessed . We observed that every collection of Songs , without exception , was degraded by dullness , or debased by in- decency ; and that Song - Writing scarcely seemed in any of them to be considered as a pleasing ...
... kind which we possessed . We observed that every collection of Songs , without exception , was degraded by dullness , or debased by in- decency ; and that Song - Writing scarcely seemed in any of them to be considered as a pleasing ...
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... kind of praise , however , is of so inferior a na- ture , that , I confess , it would scarcely satisfy my ambition . During the progress of my researches , I was insensibly led to make some remarks on the peculiar char- acter and ...
... kind of praise , however , is of so inferior a na- ture , that , I confess , it would scarcely satisfy my ambition . During the progress of my researches , I was insensibly led to make some remarks on the peculiar char- acter and ...
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... kind , and totally different from most of the re- mains of antiquity . In particular , the little epigrammatic song which he there cites and translates , is so entirely dissi- milar to the celebrated piece of Sappho which he has so ...
... kind , and totally different from most of the re- mains of antiquity . In particular , the little epigrammatic song which he there cites and translates , is so entirely dissi- milar to the celebrated piece of Sappho which he has so ...
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... kind of writing is to be found in the Ballads of the witty æra of English genius , which I take to be comprehended be- tween the beginning of Charles the Se- cond's reign , and the times of Swift and Prior . Since that period the genius ...
... kind of writing is to be found in the Ballads of the witty æra of English genius , which I take to be comprehended be- tween the beginning of Charles the Se- cond's reign , and the times of Swift and Prior . Since that period the genius ...
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... kind under the title of Ballads , though very nearly resembling them in point of simplicity and style of composition . Pastoral Poetry is a native . of happier climates , where the face of nature , and the manners of the people . are ...
... kind under the title of Ballads , though very nearly resembling them in point of simplicity and style of composition . Pastoral Poetry is a native . of happier climates , where the face of nature , and the manners of the people . are ...
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