Arcades & ComusUniversity Press, 1891 - 208 pages |
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Page xvi
... Songs were set in Musick by Mr. Henry Lawes , gentleman of the King's Chappel , and one of His Majesties private Musick . " -Baccare frontem Cingite , ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro . ' VIRGIL , Eclog . 7 . Printed and publish'd ...
... Songs were set in Musick by Mr. Henry Lawes , gentleman of the King's Chappel , and one of His Majesties private Musick . " -Baccare frontem Cingite , ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro . ' VIRGIL , Eclog . 7 . Printed and publish'd ...
Page xxxiii
... songs after- wards sung by Lawes himself or his pupils . They realised that there was in England a poet of rare promise and exquisite performance . Copies of Comus were asked for ; it became " much desired . " At last to save himself ...
... songs after- wards sung by Lawes himself or his pupils . They realised that there was in England a poet of rare promise and exquisite performance . Copies of Comus were asked for ; it became " much desired . " At last to save himself ...
Page xxxv
... song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower . " The sources of Comus . This claim to absolute originality must not be pressed . For a good deal in Comus Milton was indebted to previous writers . We shall best be able to estimate ...
... song , From old or modern bard , in hall or bower . " The sources of Comus . This claim to absolute originality must not be pressed . For a good deal in Comus Milton was indebted to previous writers . We shall best be able to estimate ...
Page xl
... that the Life in question is in the least degree representative of his critical faculty . When a writer finds ( no doubt Johnson did find , since his honesty is unimpeachable ) the songs in Comus " harsh " and xl INTRODUCTION .
... that the Life in question is in the least degree representative of his critical faculty . When a writer finds ( no doubt Johnson did find , since his honesty is unimpeachable ) the songs in Comus " harsh " and xl INTRODUCTION .
Page xli
J. Milton. unimpeachable ) the songs in Comus " harsh " and " not very musical , " the manner of Lycidas " easy , vulgar and therefore disgusting , " we may reasonably arrive at one of two con- clusions either he is biassed , perhaps ...
J. Milton. unimpeachable ) the songs in Comus " harsh " and " not very musical , " the manner of Lycidas " easy , vulgar and therefore disgusting , " we may reasonably arrive at one of two con- clusions either he is biassed , perhaps ...
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