Preface. A historical essay on the origin and progress of national song. Love-songsJ. Johnson, 1783 |
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... nature , it still remains to be spoken . This department is engroffed by a select number , indeed ALL THE BEST , of our old popular tragic legends , and historical or heroic ballads : the genuine effufions of the English mufe ...
... nature , it still remains to be spoken . This department is engroffed by a select number , indeed ALL THE BEST , of our old popular tragic legends , and historical or heroic ballads : the genuine effufions of the English mufe ...
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... nature which does not , together with the words or poetical part of the fongs , likewife include their respective melodies or tunes , in the character ap- propriated to the expreffion of mufical language , must neceffarily be defective ...
... nature which does not , together with the words or poetical part of the fongs , likewife include their respective melodies or tunes , in the character ap- propriated to the expreffion of mufical language , must neceffarily be defective ...
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... nature and circumstances of the cafe feem to demand ; as , it is believed , much fewer and lefs confiderable omiffions will occur than could reason- ably have been expected . There are not many preceding publications which have made ...
... nature and circumstances of the cafe feem to demand ; as , it is believed , much fewer and lefs confiderable omiffions will occur than could reason- ably have been expected . There are not many preceding publications which have made ...
Página xiv
... nature which has been yet offered to the public , to whofe juftice and candour it is refigned with pleasure ; in a full confidence , that they will not think either that it is unworthy of their acceptance , or that too much has been ...
... nature which has been yet offered to the public , to whofe juftice and candour it is refigned with pleasure ; in a full confidence , that they will not think either that it is unworthy of their acceptance , or that too much has been ...
Página xiv
... natural to men as the ufe of fpeech and walking . Hence we find the dance and the fong whereever we find fo- ciety ; in the leaft polished , or most favage nations ( 3 ) . It is affumed as a fact by a very learned and ingenious writer ...
... natural to men as the ufe of fpeech and walking . Hence we find the dance and the fong whereever we find fo- ciety ; in the leaft polished , or most favage nations ( 3 ) . It is affumed as a fact by a very learned and ingenious writer ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Ah willow ancient ballads beauty bleffings bofom breaſt Burney charms Chloe compofed compofitions dear defire delight deſpair difdain eaſe EDMUND WALLER English eyes fafe faid fair falfe fame fatire feek feem fhall fhepherd fhould figh fing firft firſt flame fmile foft fome fond fongs foon forrow foul fpring ftill fubject fuch fung fuppofed fwain fweet Gay Science gentle grove heart HENRY CAREY hiftory inferted king laft laſt leaft lefs likewife loft lov'd lover maid merit moft moſt mufe mufic muft muſt ne'er never nymph o'er paffion pain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet poetical poetry poffefs praiſe prefent preferved Provençal purſue Querlon racter reafon reft reign rife rofe ſeem ſhall ſhe SONG SONG ſpeak ſtill ſweet tender thee thefe theſe thofe THOMAS CAREW thoſe thou thouſand Troubadours Twas uſe whofe whoſe WILLIAM SHENSTONE wiſh writer youth
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Página 215 - The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain...
Página 59 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 229 - A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. A gown made of the finest wool, Which from our pretty lambs we pull, Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold.
Página 212 - OF all the girls that are so smart There's none like pretty Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. There is no lady in the land Is half so sweet as Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Página 170 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Página 100 - Be conceal'd from the day, Set a thousand guards upon her, Love will find out the way. Some think to lose him...
Página 64 - And while a false nymph was his theme, A willow supported his head. The wind, that blew over the plain, To his sighs with a sigh did reply : And the brook, in return to his pain, Ran mournfully murmuring by.
Página 230 - Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. But time drives flocks from field to fold, When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb, The rest complains of cares to come.
Página 63 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain: The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.