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Songs are little poetical compositions , usually set to a tune , and frequently sung in company by way of ... The song admits of almost any subject ; but the greatest part of them turn either upon love , contentment , or the pleasures ...
Songs are little poetical compositions , usually set to a tune , and frequently sung in company by way of ... The song admits of almost any subject ; but the greatest part of them turn either upon love , contentment , or the pleasures ...
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With regard to drinking songs , we have a great va . riety , and many of thein so well written , that I am afraid they have done much mischief to weak minds , and , as it were , consecrated a crime . A good song has fixed many a man to ...
With regard to drinking songs , we have a great va . riety , and many of thein so well written , that I am afraid they have done much mischief to weak minds , and , as it were , consecrated a crime . A good song has fixed many a man to ...
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Fly swift the dang'rous coait ; let ev'ry ear Be stop'd against the song ! ' tis death to hear ! Firm to the malt with chains thyself be bound , Nor trust thy virtue to th ' enchanting found . If , mad with transport , freedom thou ...
Fly swift the dang'rous coait ; let ev'ry ear Be stop'd against the song ! ' tis death to hear ! Firm to the malt with chains thyself be bound , Nor trust thy virtue to th ' enchanting found . If , mad with transport , freedom thou ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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