The songs of France. The songs of Italy. Jerome Vida's SilkwormJ. Fraser, 1836 |
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... excellent work , " la Gaule Poétique , " that all the goods and chattels of a debtor could be seized by the creditor , with the posi- tive exception of any musical instrument , lyre , bag- pipe , or flute , which happened to be in the ...
... excellent work , " la Gaule Poétique , " that all the goods and chattels of a debtor could be seized by the creditor , with the posi- tive exception of any musical instrument , lyre , bag- pipe , or flute , which happened to be in the ...
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... excellent old chant but there is a French lyrical composition coeval with the English ballad aforesaid , and con- taining at least an equal quantity of contemporary wisdom . The opening verses may give a specimen of its wonderful and ...
... excellent old chant but there is a French lyrical composition coeval with the English ballad aforesaid , and con- taining at least an equal quantity of contemporary wisdom . The opening verses may give a specimen of its wonderful and ...
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... excellent critic , Quintilian , who informs us that his contemporaries , in their sonnets to the Roman ladies , stuffed their verses with Greek terms . I think his words are : " Tanto est sermo Græcus Latino jucundior , ut nostri poetæ ...
... excellent critic , Quintilian , who informs us that his contemporaries , in their sonnets to the Roman ladies , stuffed their verses with Greek terms . I think his words are : " Tanto est sermo Græcus Latino jucundior , ut nostri poetæ ...
Page 58
... excellent song on " Le bon Roy Dagobert , " who , you say , " avait mis sa culotte à l'envers ; " whereas all good editions read " de travers ; " which is quite a different sense , lectio longè emendatior ; for he wore the garment , not ...
... excellent song on " Le bon Roy Dagobert , " who , you say , " avait mis sa culotte à l'envers ; " whereas all good editions read " de travers ; " which is quite a different sense , lectio longè emendatior ; for he wore the garment , not ...
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... excellent breed of cattle ) sought thus to bolster up the manifest imperfections of his heroic and epic characters by a cunning reference to the unexceptionable Melibous , and to that excellent old Calabrian farmer THE SONGS OF FRANCE . 59.
... excellent breed of cattle ) sought thus to bolster up the manifest imperfections of his heroic and epic characters by a cunning reference to the unexceptionable Melibous , and to that excellent old Calabrian farmer THE SONGS OF FRANCE . 59.
Common terms and phrases
admiration amours ballad beau beautiful Béranger bien boire bosom Brennus C'est Cantiam Casimir Delavigne chantez classic cœur Colla bella Cossack Dieu des bonnes Dionysius Lardner doux dwell effusions étoile fair fait FATHER PROUT favourite feeling fidèle fleurs fond French gai troubadour Gallic Gaul genius gloire glorious glory grace grand hath heart idiom immortal Italian Italy J'ai jeune jour king l'eau land language of France literature Lord Byron lyre Malbrouck melody mort Muse Næris native never noble numbers o'er OLIVER YORKE Ovid Paris pauvre Petrarcha peuple philosophic pleurs poet poetic poetry pride Prout Papers qu'il qu'on Roger Boscovich rois Rome ron taine sing soldat Songs of France soul sous sweet Tems thee thou thought Tom Moore tout Twas Vaucluse Victor Hugo vieux vine voir voix vulgar Watergrasshill ween wine writer yeux young