Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 pages |
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... 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 diverfities of the pieces which paffed in review before ...
... 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 diverfities of the pieces which paffed in review before ...
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... nature of fong - writing , and the various diftinctions of which it is fufceptible , together with the specific ex- cellence of each , I find it therefore necef- fary to go far back into the origin of poe- try in general , and to recur ...
... nature of fong - writing , and the various diftinctions of which it is fufceptible , together with the specific ex- cellence of each , I find it therefore necef- fary to go far back into the origin of poe- try in general , and to recur ...
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... nature af- forded of the awful , terrific and stupen- dous . In happier regions , where the mild inhabitants were fuited to the foftness and luxury of the climate , the business of poe- try was to paint the furrounding profufi- on of ...
... nature af- forded of the awful , terrific and stupen- dous . In happier regions , where the mild inhabitants were fuited to the foftness and luxury of the climate , the business of poe- try was to paint the furrounding profufi- on of ...
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... natural comparisons to paint the charms of his mistress , muft feek for others to ex- prefs the emotions of his mind . He muft burn with desire , and freeze with disdain ; rage with the ocean , and figh with the zer phir ; hope muft ...
... natural comparisons to paint the charms of his mistress , muft feek for others to ex- prefs the emotions of his mind . He muft burn with desire , and freeze with disdain ; rage with the ocean , and figh with the zer phir ; hope muft ...
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... natural and invariable fymptoms of the paffion of love , would foon be obsery- by the poet , and fuccefsfully used to heighten his description . Hitherto all is fimple and natural , and poetry so far from being the art of fiction , is ...
... natural and invariable fymptoms of the paffion of love , would foon be obsery- by the poet , and fuccefsfully used to heighten his description . Hitherto all is fimple and natural , and poetry so far from being the art of fiction , is ...
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