 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 ; and the reason is plain, because...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Pàgina 33per Alexander Chalmers - 1802Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 538 pàgines
...9s. June, 1839. "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 their ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pàgines
...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...the most refined. The old song of Chevy-Chase is the fa- , vourite ballad of the common people of England, and Ben Jonson used to say, he had rather have... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 pàgines
...unqualified for the entertainment hy their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain, hecause the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary reader will appear heautiful to the most refined. AIMHSON, in SPECTATOR, No. 70. I. POEMS ON KING ARTHUR, &c. The third... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1844 - 318 pàgines
...for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plsin, because the paintings of nature which recommend it to the most...reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined' ADDIS ON, in SPECTATOR, No. ?0. RELIQUES ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY CONSISTING or OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS,... | |
 | John Mathew Gutch - 1847 - 458 pàgines
...Poetry. f Nos. 70 and 74. " An ordinary Song or Ballad that is the delight of the people cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain; because the same paintings of nature which recommend it... | |
 | John Mathew Gutch - 1850 - 454 pàgines
...Poetry. f Nos. 70«nd74. "An ordinary Song or Ballad that is the delight of the people cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain; because the same paintings of nature which recommend it... | |
 | 1851 - 362 pàgines
...the entertainment hy their affectation or their ignorance ; and the reason is plain, hecause the smne paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary reader will appear heautiful to the most relmed. ADDISON, in SPECTATOR, No. 70. I. POEMS ON KING AUTHOR, &c. The third... | |
 | 1853 - 756 pàgines
...so, on the contrary, an ordinary Bong or ballad that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified...the most refined. The old song of Chevy-Chase is the favorite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonaon used to say, he had rather have been... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pàgines
...on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad that is the delight of the common people, can not fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified...appear beautiful to the most refined. The old song of Chevy-Chace is the favourite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonson used to say, he... | |
 | 1853 - 524 pàgines
...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...because the same paintings of nature, which recommend it WHEN I travelled, I took a particular delight in hearing the songs and fables that are come from father... | |
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