 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 or Ignorance; and the Reason is plain, because the same...  The Spectator: ... - Page 2751778Full view - About this book
 | 1765 - 404 pages
...Additional Notts to Volume II. — — 335 Additional Notes to Volume III. — — 342 An ordinary SONG or BALLAD that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to pleafe all fuch readers, as are cot unqualified for the entertainment by their :• sfrtt.ition or their ignorance; and the reafon... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...of their poems is understood, will pleafe a reader of phin commun fcnfe, who would neither relifli nor comprehend an epigram of Martial; or a poem of...the contrary, an ordinary fong or ballad that is the deliglit of tl:e common people, cannot fail to píenle all fuch readers as are not unqualified 1er... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...of their poems is underftood, will pleafe a reader of plain common fenfe, who would neither relilh nor comprehend an epigram of Martial, or a poem of...are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affedlation or ignorance ; and the reafon is plain, becaufe the fame paintings of nature, which recommend... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1794 - 422 pages
...ancient Fragmtnt of the Marriage of Sir Gawaine — — gco The Gloffary — — 359 Au An ordinary SONG or BALLAD, that is the delight of the common people,...unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance; and the reafon is plain, became the fame paintings of nature which recommend it to... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...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 the common people, cannot fail to please' all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pages
...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 the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 pages
...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 the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...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 the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...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 the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not •nqtialified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...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 the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance... | |
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