The Tea-table Miscellany: a Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English: In Four Volumes |
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... appear to contradict this reafon ; but will not , when we confider , that for one that can tolerably entertain with vocal or in- ftrumental mufic , there are fifty that content themselves with the pleasure of hearing , and finging ...
... appear to contradict this reafon ; but will not , when we confider , that for one that can tolerably entertain with vocal or in- ftrumental mufic , there are fifty that content themselves with the pleasure of hearing , and finging ...
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... appear on the utmost li , mits of time , after a thoufand editions ? Hap- py volumes ! you are fecure , but I muft yield ;: please the ladies , and take care of my 1 fame . In hopes of this , fearless of coming ag ' , I'll fmile thro ...
... appear on the utmost li , mits of time , after a thoufand editions ? Hap- py volumes ! you are fecure , but I muft yield ;: please the ladies , and take care of my 1 fame . In hopes of this , fearless of coming ag ' , I'll fmile thro ...
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... appears . Phillis , despise not your faithful lover ii . 217 ii . 243 R. Return hameward , my heart again Rob's Jock came to woo our Jenny Remember , Damon , you did tell S Subjected to the power of love . Should auld acquaintance be ...
... appears . Phillis , despise not your faithful lover ii . 217 ii . 243 R. Return hameward , my heart again Rob's Jock came to woo our Jenny Remember , Damon , you did tell S Subjected to the power of love . Should auld acquaintance be ...
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... day ii . 132 44 Whilft I alone your foul poffefs'd ii . 135 ii . 152 When I was a young lad When my locks are grown hoary ii . 156 ii . 167 When thy beauty appears . Would Would fate to me Belinda give When Delia on the xxii IN DE X.
... day ii . 132 44 Whilft I alone your foul poffefs'd ii . 135 ii . 152 When I was a young lad When my locks are grown hoary ii . 156 ii . 167 When thy beauty appears . Would Would fate to me Belinda give When Delia on the xxii IN DE X.
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... appears ii . 192 ji . 198 Whoe'er beholds my Helen's face What tho ' they call me country - lafs ii . 204 ii . 212 Why will Florella , when I gaze ' ii 220 Were I laid on Greenland's coaft ii . 224 When you cenfure the age ii . 227 What ...
... appears ii . 192 ji . 198 Whoe'er beholds my Helen's face What tho ' they call me country - lafs ii . 204 ii . 212 Why will Florella , when I gaze ' ii 220 Were I laid on Greenland's coaft ii . 224 When you cenfure the age ii . 227 What ...
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Alake auld baith beauty Becauſe blefs'd blyth bonny braes breaſt broom of Cowdenknows Busk charms chearful Chloe cou'd cry'd dear defire delight derol deſpair drink e'er eaſe ev'ry eyes faft faid fair fcorn feek fhall fhine fhou'd fighs filly fince fing firft firſt fleep fmiles foft fome foon forrow foul frae ftill fuch fwain fweet gi'e grace green hame happy heart highland laddie houſe Invermay Jenny Jocky kifs laddie laffie lafs laft laſt Lochaber lov'd lover lyes maid mair maun merry muft muſt ne'er never night nymph o'er paffion pain Peggy pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rife Rob Morris rofe ſee ſhall ſhe ſmile SONG ſpeak ſports ſpring ſtill ſweet tell thee theſe thoſe thou thouſand treaſure Tune Twas wawking Whilft wife wine wou'd Yarrow young
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Page 186 - Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new ; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa
Page 218 - Just entered in her teens, Fair as the day, and sweet as May, Fair as the day, and always gay. My Peggy is a young thing, And I'm not very auld, Yet well I like to meet her at The wauking of the fauld. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, Whene'er we meet alane, I wish nae mair to lay my care, — I wish nae mair of a' that's rare. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, To a' the lave I'm cauld; But she gars a' my spirits glow, At wauking of the fauld.
Page 246 - My love, as he had not been a lover. The boy put on his robes, his robes of green, His purple vest, 'twas my ain sewing, Ah!
Page 112 - Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Page 150 - That face, alas! no more is fair; Those lips no longer red: Dark are my eyes, now clos'd in death, And every charm is fled. The hungry worm my sister is; This winding-sheet I wear: And cold and weary lasts our night, Till that last morn appear.
Page 43 - She shall a lover find me ; And that my faith is firm and pure, Tho' I left her behind me : Then Hymen's sacred bonds shall chain My heart to her fair bosom, There, while my being does remain, My love more fresh shall blossom.
Page 150 - Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge and broken oath: And give me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth.
Page 223 - Love be controul'd by Advice? Will Cupid our Mothers obey? Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice, At his Flame 'twould have melted away. When he kist me so closely he prest, 'Twas so sweet that I must have comply" d: So I thought it both safest and best To marry, for fear you should chide.
Page 17 - Of all the days that's in the week I dearly love but one day — And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday...
Page 11 - SWEET are the charms of her I love, More fragrant than the damask rose...