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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... language afforded , were fo difperfed through a variety of authors , or overwhelmed in in- judicious collections , that it was a most diffi- cult matter to discover and enjoy the riches of this kind which we poffeffed . We observed that ...
... language afforded , were fo difperfed through a variety of authors , or overwhelmed in in- judicious collections , that it was a most diffi- cult matter to discover and enjoy the riches of this kind which we poffeffed . We observed that ...
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... languages the words expreffing vo- cal mufic have been alfo used indifcrimi- nately to fignify poetry ; and though we at prefent confider fuch expreffions as figura- tive , there is no doubt but they were ori- ginally natural . The ...
... languages the words expreffing vo- cal mufic have been alfo used indifcrimi- nately to fignify poetry ; and though we at prefent confider fuch expreffions as figura- tive , there is no doubt but they were ori- ginally natural . The ...
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... language , and raise it above its ordinary pitch . CRITICS have very commonly lamented that the moderns fall fhort of the antients more particularly in this fpecies of poetry than in any other ; yet , did it belong to my present fubject ...
... language , and raise it above its ordinary pitch . CRITICS have very commonly lamented that the moderns fall fhort of the antients more particularly in this fpecies of poetry than in any other ; yet , did it belong to my present fubject ...
Side 21
... language , and by a greater length and irregularity in the measure of the former , which is not adapt- ed to vocal mufic . Yet as thefe diftincti- ons are rather relative than abfolute , it is eafy to fee that they may approach each ...
... language , and by a greater length and irregularity in the measure of the former , which is not adapt- ed to vocal mufic . Yet as thefe diftincti- ons are rather relative than abfolute , it is eafy to fee that they may approach each ...
Side 22
... language is the language of nature , fimple and unadorned ; their story is not the wild offspring of fancy , but the pro- bable adventure of the cottage ; and their fentiments are the unftudied expreffions of paffions and emotions ...
... language is the language of nature , fimple and unadorned ; their story is not the wild offspring of fancy , but the pro- bable adventure of the cottage ; and their fentiments are the unftudied expreffions of paffions and emotions ...
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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