Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit |
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... taken from the passion of love ; the poet who wishes rather to please and
surprize than to move , will ranfack heaven and earth for objects of brilliant and
unusual comparison with every circumstance relating to the passion itself or its
object .
... taken from the passion of love ; the poet who wishes rather to please and
surprize than to move , will ranfack heaven and earth for objects of brilliant and
unusual comparison with every circumstance relating to the passion itself or its
object .
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The term song may therefore be considered in a double sense - if the idea of
mufic prevails , it signifies no more than a set of words calculated for adaptation
to a tune ; if poetry be the principal object , it is a fpecies species of poetical ...
The term song may therefore be considered in a double sense - if the idea of
mufic prevails , it signifies no more than a set of words calculated for adaptation
to a tune ; if poetry be the principal object , it is a fpecies species of poetical ...
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... and the wonderful adventures of the legendary faint and knight errant , are the
topics of the rough rhyme and unadorned narration which was ever the delight of
the vulgar , and is now an object of curiofity to the antiquarian and man of taste .
... and the wonderful adventures of the legendary faint and knight errant , are the
topics of the rough rhyme and unadorned narration which was ever the delight of
the vulgar , and is now an object of curiofity to the antiquarian and man of taste .
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If to fair India's coast we fail , Tiry eyes are seen in diamonds bright , Thy breath is
Africk's spicy gale , Thy skin is ivory fo white ; Thus every beauteous object that I
view , Wakes in my foul some charm of lovely SUE . E Tho ? 9 Tho ' battle calls ...
If to fair India's coast we fail , Tiry eyes are seen in diamonds bright , Thy breath is
Africk's spicy gale , Thy skin is ivory fo white ; Thus every beauteous object that I
view , Wakes in my foul some charm of lovely SUE . E Tho ? 9 Tho ' battle calls ...
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With the charming image of this ideal excellence in their minds , the poets of
Greece and Rome selected every pleasing object from the whole compass of
nature , and carefully separated them from every thing disgustful and
incongruous .
With the charming image of this ideal excellence in their minds , the poets of
Greece and Rome selected every pleasing object from the whole compass of
nature , and carefully separated them from every thing disgustful and
incongruous .
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Не намерихме рецензии на обичайните места.
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
appear arms beauty breaſt bright Celia charms cheek cruel dead dear delight deſpair epigram eyes face fair fall fancy fate fear feel fighs firſt fond gentle give grace hand happy head hear heart heaven hope hour idea kind language laſt late leave lips live looks loſe lover maid meet mind morning moſt move muſic muſt nature ne'er never nymph o'er object once pain paſſion PHYLLIS pieces pity plain pleaſing pleaſure poetical poetry poets pride prove ſay ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhepherd ſhould ſmile ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpeak ſtill ſubject ſuch ſwain ſweet taſte tears tell tender thee theſe thine thoſe thou thought thro true turn Twas vain vows weep whoſe wind wiſh young youth
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| Заглавие | Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit Eighteenth century collections online |
| Автор | John Aikin |
| Издание | 2 |
| Издател | W. Eyres, 1774 |
| Оригиналът е от | Нюйоркската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 14 Дек 2006 |
| Брой страници | 286 страници |
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