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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... those beauties , for all which Mr. Rafbotham is fo well known and so justly admired , will , I am fure , be thought to stamp a pecu- liar propriety on my intentions . ACCEPT , therefore , dear Sir , this teftimony of regard , as ...
... those beauties , for all which Mr. Rafbotham is fo well known and so justly admired , will , I am fure , be thought to stamp a pecu- liar propriety on my intentions . ACCEPT , therefore , dear Sir , this teftimony of regard , as ...
Page xi
... those who are enamoured with that facred art , which beyond every other elevates andrefines the foul , to whom the fprightly lyre of Horace and Anacreon , and the melting mufic of Sappho still found , though ages have passed fince they ...
... those who are enamoured with that facred art , which beyond every other elevates andrefines the foul , to whom the fprightly lyre of Horace and Anacreon , and the melting mufic of Sappho still found , though ages have passed fince they ...
Page xvi
... those eyes 135 ' Tis now fince I fat down before 256 To fair Fidele's graffy tomb , 154 Too plain , dear youth , those tell - tale eyes 129 To the brook and the willow that heard him complain 153 Turn , gentle hermit of the dale ' 47 ...
... those eyes 135 ' Tis now fince I fat down before 256 To fair Fidele's graffy tomb , 154 Too plain , dear youth , those tell - tale eyes 129 To the brook and the willow that heard him complain 153 Turn , gentle hermit of the dale ' 47 ...
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... those first principles existing in the human mind , which alone can give a firm foundation to our deductions . THE original poetry of all nations must have been very much confined to the de- scription of external objects , and the nar ...
... those first principles existing in the human mind , which alone can give a firm foundation to our deductions . THE original poetry of all nations must have been very much confined to the de- scription of external objects , and the nar ...
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... those of our northern regi- ons . What is reality on the foft Arcadian and Sicilian plains , is all fiction here ; and though by reading we may be fo famili- arized to these imaginary scenes as to ac- quire quire a fort of natural tafte ...
... those of our northern regi- ons . What is reality on the foft Arcadian and Sicilian plains , is all fiction here ; and though by reading we may be fo famili- arized to these imaginary scenes as to ac- quire quire a fort of natural tafte ...
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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