Preface. A historical essay on the origin and progress of national song. Love-songsJ. Johnson, 1783 - Ballads, English |
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... called , but likewife , though in great difpropor- tion as to number , of BALLADS or mere narrative com- pofitions , the word SONG will , in the course of this preface , be almoft every where used in its confined sense inclufive ...
... called , but likewife , though in great difpropor- tion as to number , of BALLADS or mere narrative com- pofitions , the word SONG will , in the course of this preface , be almoft every where used in its confined sense inclufive ...
Page viii
... called Freemasonry feemed calcu- lated rather to difgrace than to embellish the collection . The most favourite and admired compofitions on this ftrange fubject muft neceffarily appear abfurd , con- ceited , enigmatic , and ...
... called Freemasonry feemed calcu- lated rather to difgrace than to embellish the collection . The most favourite and admired compofitions on this ftrange fubject muft neceffarily appear abfurd , con- ceited , enigmatic , and ...
Page xiv
... called , from its fubject , Maneros , which they had retained from the most remote antiquity . Lyriç or finging poetry has been , likewife , cultivated among the Chinefe , time immemorial ( 11 ) . Song , in Greece , is fuppofed to have ...
... called , from its fubject , Maneros , which they had retained from the most remote antiquity . Lyriç or finging poetry has been , likewife , cultivated among the Chinefe , time immemorial ( 11 ) . Song , in Greece , is fuppofed to have ...
Page xiv
... called by one - and the fame name . We find the youths in Homer dancing to the fong . In the warlike dance , one youth ftrikes the lyre , others fing the fong , the reft dance . The dance was in imitation of the things expreffed in the ...
... called by one - and the fame name . We find the youths in Homer dancing to the fong . In the warlike dance , one youth ftrikes the lyre , others fing the fong , the reft dance . The dance was in imitation of the things expreffed in the ...
Page xiv
... called Nomion ; -of Calyce , whofe ftory resembles that of Sappho ; -and of Harpalyce , were famous love fongs among the Greeks , but are now loft ( 35 ) . The moral and mifcellaneous Scolia , according to dr . Burney , are wonderfully ...
... called Nomion ; -of Calyce , whofe ftory resembles that of Sappho ; -and of Harpalyce , were famous love fongs among the Greeks , but are now loft ( 35 ) . The moral and mifcellaneous Scolia , according to dr . Burney , are wonderfully ...
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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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