 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 - Page 33by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...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 30 to the most ordinary reader will appear beautiful to the mort refined. rather have been the author... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...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 ii 30 to the most ordinary reader will appear beautiful to the most refined. The old song of Chevy-Chase... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 424 pages
.................. 381 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... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1876 - 630 pages
...THE THIRD. BOOK I. Ax 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 394 pages
...Glossary . ... 834 An ordinary Song or Ballad, that is the deliglit 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 pages
...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...favourite ballad of the common people of England ; and Ben,.Jxmson used to say, he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works. Sir Philip... | |
 | English poetry - 1880 - 486 pages
...SELDEN'S Table-Talk. " 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... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1882 - 170 pages
...Green, " Short History of the English People," p. 221. X. "The song of Chevy Chase," wrote Addison, "is the favourite ballad of the common people of England ; and Ben Jonson used to say that he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works." The ballad, without being historical,... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1882 - 172 pages
...Green, " Short History of the English People," p. 221. X. " The song of Chevy Chase," wrote Addison, " is the favourite ballad of the common people of England ; and Ben Jonson used to say that he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works." The ballad, without being historical,... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 490 pages
...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...appear Beautiful to the most refined. " The old Song of ' Chevey Chase' is the favorite Ballad of the common People of England; and Ben Johnson used to say... | |
| |
