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" I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that... "
English Essays: From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay - Page 23
edited by - 1910 - 421 pages
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

Ballads, English - 1765 - 382 pages
...3Additional Nates find C cr re8iont ihid. I never heard the. old fong of Percie and Douglas, that I ; found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet: and yet' it' is fung but by fome blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude ftile; which beeing Qy evill aparelled...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1765 - 406 pages
...Netu ar.d Cerrc3ia*t . Aid, \ never I never heard the old fong of Percie and Douglas, that I found nut my heart moved more than with a trumpet : and yet « it' is fung but by fome blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude ftile; which beeing fo cvill aparelled...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1793 - 620 pages
...upon this curious piece of antiquity* I never heard the old foag of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet: and yet 'it' is fung but by fome blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude ttile; which being fo evill aparelled...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder with no rougher voice than rude...style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar?' For my...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder with no rougher voice than rude...style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar?1 For my...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...Piercy and Douglas, ' that I found not my heart more moved than with a ' trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder ' with no rougher voice than...style; which being ' so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that un' civil age, what would it work trimmed in the gor' geous eloquence qf Pindar?' For...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sidney

Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 414 pages
...u confess mine own barbarousness : I never heard the old " song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart " moved more than with a trumpet, and yet it is sung by " some blind crowder with no .rougher voice than rude " style ; which being so evil apparelled in...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...of Piercy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than rude...style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work, trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar ?' For...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...of Piercy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than rude...style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work, trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar ?' For...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...England, whether by natives or foreigners. I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet : and yet 'it' is sung but by some blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude style ; which beeing so evill apparelled in the dust...
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