| English poetry - 1877 - 394 страници
...Warkworth, by Bishop Percy . . 297 The Glossary . ... 834 An ordinary Song or Ballad, that is the deliglit of the common people, cannot fail to please all such...unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it... | |
| English poetry - 1880 - 486 страници
...do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels. "— SELDEN'S Table-Talk. " An ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of...unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of Nature which recommend it... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1886 - 568 страници
...could neither relish nor comprehend an epigram of Martial, or a poem of Cowley : so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of...to please all such readers as are not unqualified lor the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance ; and the reason is plain, because the same... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1887 - 458 страници
...SELDEN'S Table-Talk. * An ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fai to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain, because the same painting* of Nature which recommend it... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1887 - 456 страници
...things do no| show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels."—SKLDEN'S Tabk-Talk, *An ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot f;j} to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1888 - 606 страници
...would neither relish nor comprehend an epigram of Martial, or a poem of Cowley : so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot I fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their afiectation... | |
| Horatio Stevens White - 1892 - 358 страници
...INTRODUCTION .... NOTES INDEX OF FIRST LINES . PAGE . 3 7* t39 167 190 242 47 273 291 321 " An ordinary fong or ballad that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to pleafe all fuch readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1893 - 628 страници
...Volume I. [333] Additional Notes to Volume II. [335] Additional Notes to Volume III. ------- [342] An ordinary SONG or BALLAD that is the delight of...unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 страници
...would neither relish nor comprehend an epigram of Martial, or a poem of Cowley ; so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of...unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation of ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the... | |
| Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 478 страници
...would neither relish nor comprehend an epigram of Martial, or a poem of Cowley; so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of...unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation of ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the... | |
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