 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 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...people, cannot fail to please all such Readers as 15 are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation of Ignorance ; and the reason is... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 410 страници
...to a little old woman. ! 171 1, that more shows. 8 1711, that the first pleases. * 1711, that would. the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please...and the reason is plain, because the same paintings 5 of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined.... | |
 | William Meredith Morris - 1908 - 320 страници
...ordinary Song or BalUrl that is the Delight of the common People, csnnot fail to please all «uch Headers as are not unqualified for the Entertainment by their...plain, because the same Paintings of Nature which reeoinmend it to the most ordinary Reader, will appear Beautiful to the most refined." * " This Song... | |
 | Frank Kidson, Mary Neal - 1915 - 208 страници
...peculiar aptness to please and gratify the mind of man " (Spectator, No. 70). He further says : — "An ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of...entertainment by their affectation or ignorance." It was not only the cultured Mr Addison who recognised the claims of the people's songs as expressive... | |
 | Cora Morton - 1917 - 184 страници
...literary standpoint it is typical of all that is best in a ballad. This old song, to quote Addison, "cannot fail to please all such readers as are not...entertainment by their affectation or ignorance." KINMONT WILLIE 1. O have ye na heard o' the fause Sakelde? O have ye na heard o' the keen Lord Scroop?... | |
 | Robert L. Montgomery - 2010 - 229 страници
...ennobling style, nevertheless, in reaction against the artificialities of Martial and Cowley, says, "an ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of...please all such readers as are not unqualified for their entertainment by their affectation or ignorance; and the reason is plain— because the same... | |
 | Howard Anderson - 1967 - 429 страници
...favourite Ballad of the common People of England" it pleases "a Reader of plain common Sense," and, indeed, "all such Readers as are not unqualified for the Entertainment by their Affectation or Ignorance" (no. 70). Since "Chevy Chase" meets the two tests, it must be an example of the genuine sublime, and... | |
 | Daniel R. Woolf - 2003 - 454 страници
...that are come from father to son, and are most in vogue among the common people of the countries ... An ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of...cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualifled for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance.' Sprctator, 70 (2t May t7ttl,... | |
 | Frank Kidson, Mary Neal - 1972 - 208 страници
...peculiar aptness to please and gratify the mind of man " (Spectator, No. 70). He further says : — " An ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of...entertainment by their affectation or ignorance." It was not only the cultured Mr Addison who recognised the claims of the people's songs as expressive... | |
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Cowley; so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of the common people cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation of ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the... 
