Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 sider |
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Side v
... kind which we poffeffed . We observed that every collection of fongs , without exception , was degraded by dullness , or debafed by inde- cency ; and that fong - writing Scarcely feemed in any of them to be confidered as a pleafing ...
... kind which we poffeffed . We observed that every collection of fongs , without exception , was degraded by dullness , or debafed by inde- cency ; and that fong - writing Scarcely feemed in any of them to be confidered as a pleafing ...
Side vii
... kind of praise , however , is of so infe- riour a nature , that , I confefs , it would fcarcely fatisfy my ambition . During the progress of my researches , I was infenfibly led to make fome remarks on the peculiar charac- ter and ...
... kind of praise , however , is of so infe- riour a nature , that , I confefs , it would fcarcely fatisfy my ambition . During the progress of my researches , I was infenfibly led to make fome remarks on the peculiar charac- ter and ...
Side xix
... , there are still a number of pieces in the collection , the authors of which he cannot discover . Any farther intelligence of this kind will be thankfully received . P I. ESSAY O N SONG - WRITING IN GENERAL . NAMES OF AUTHORS . xix.
... , there are still a number of pieces in the collection , the authors of which he cannot discover . Any farther intelligence of this kind will be thankfully received . P I. ESSAY O N SONG - WRITING IN GENERAL . NAMES OF AUTHORS . xix.
Side 22
... kind . NATURE , farther refined , but ftill na- ture , gives the fecond clafs of pieces con- taining the fentimental part of the former , abstracted from the tale and rural land- fcape , and improved by a more ftudied observation of the ...
... kind . NATURE , farther refined , but ftill na- ture , gives the fecond clafs of pieces con- taining the fentimental part of the former , abstracted from the tale and rural land- fcape , and improved by a more ftudied observation of the ...
Side 24
... kind , and totally different from most of the remains of an- tiquity . In particular the little 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 ...
... kind , and totally different from most of the remains of an- tiquity . In particular the little 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 ...
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Anacreon antient ballad beauty becauſe bleffing bleft bofom breaſt CELIA charms CHLOE circumftance compariſon compofition cruel dear defire deſcription deſpair eaſe Engliſh epigram expreffion eyes fair fancy fatire feek feem fentiment fhade fhall fhepherd fhould figh fimple fimplicity fince fing firſt fmiles foft fome fond fong fong-writing forrows foul ftill fubject fuch furprize fwain fweet gentle give grace heart itſelf kind know my love laſt lefs lover Lyric Lyric poetry maid meaſure moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature ne'er nymph o'er paffion paftoral pain paſt PHYLLIS pieces pity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetical poetry praiſe purpoſe racter reft Sappho ſcene ſhall ſhe SOAME JENYNS ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtay ſtill ſtrain ſwain ſweet taſte tears tell tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tivation treaſure Twas uſed vows whofe Whoſe wiſh youth