Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritR.H. Evans, 1810 - 352 pages |
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Page viii
... thought , therefore , that it would be a meritorious piece of service to the cause of Poetry , by uniting into one firm body the most excellent productions in Song- Writing , to form a barrier against the modish insipidity of the age ...
... thought , therefore , that it would be a meritorious piece of service to the cause of Poetry , by uniting into one firm body the most excellent productions in Song- Writing , to form a barrier against the modish insipidity of the age ...
Page xii
... thought with a tune , in which the succession of words gives no idea but that of a succession of sounds , will here be much disappointed in meet- ing with the names of Prior , Congreve , and Landsdowne , instead of Arne , Brent , and ...
... thought with a tune , in which the succession of words gives no idea but that of a succession of sounds , will here be much disappointed in meet- ing with the names of Prior , Congreve , and Landsdowne , instead of Arne , Brent , and ...
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... , divided into returning portions of measure , and formed upon a single incident , thought , or senti- ment . Under this definition the general subject from which the particular topic is taken is not 10 ON SONG WRITING.
... , divided into returning portions of measure , and formed upon a single incident , thought , or senti- ment . Under this definition the general subject from which the particular topic is taken is not 10 ON SONG WRITING.
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... thought it worth while to particularize a great va- riety of these distinctions in French poe- try , such as the Sonnet , the Rondeau , the Vaudeville , & c . I cannot but consider these petty diversities as very unessential to the ...
... thought it worth while to particularize a great va- riety of these distinctions in French poe- try , such as the Sonnet , the Rondeau , the Vaudeville , & c . I cannot but consider these petty diversities as very unessential to the ...
Page 26
... and making use of antiquated expressions . We should be particularly careful that simplicity reigns in the thoughts as well as the language , a very essential piece of uniformity ; which yet some writers of 26 ON BALLADS AND.
... and making use of antiquated expressions . We should be particularly careful that simplicity reigns in the thoughts as well as the language , a very essential piece of uniformity ; which yet some writers of 26 ON BALLADS AND.
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