 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 - Էջ 33Alexander Chalmers - 1802Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen - 1917 - 1008 էջ
...the mind of man. ... 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 entertainment by their affectation or ignorance. "Not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation" is a phrase which deserves especial emphasis... | |
 | 1856 - 388 էջ
...England, and Ben Jonson used to say he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works. And the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend them to the ordinary reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined." What is true of music, architecture... | |
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