 | Lucius Manlius Sargent - 1856 - 368 sivua
...Philip Sidney, in his Discourse on Poetry, are quoted, by Addison, in No. 70 of the Spectator — " / never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that...found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet." The ballad of Chevy Chase was founded upon the battle of Otterburn, which was fought in 1388, and of... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 sivua
...heroic spirit of Sir Philip Sydney, and of which, in a well-known passage of his ' Defence of Poesy,' he said, "I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet."* These antiquated poems supply illustration of the story and character... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 sivua
...his Discourse of Poetry, speaks of it in the following words : " I never heard the old song 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 BO evil... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 sivua
...his Discourse of Poetry, speaks of it in the following words : ' I never heard the old song of Piercy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a tiumpet; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than rude style ; which being... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 sivua
...his Discourse of Poetry, speaks of it in the following words : ' I never heard the old song of Piercy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a ti umpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than rude style ; which being... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 sivua
...the more it is read the more it is admired. Sir Philip Sidney, in his u Defence of Poesy," says, " I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that...found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet.'' * Its subject is this. It was a regulation between those who lived near the borders of England and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 sivua
...the more it is read the more it is admirsd. Sir Philip Sidney, in his " Defence of Poesy," says, " I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved man with a trumpet." * Its subject is this. It was a regulation between those who lived near the borders... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1860 - 404 sivua
...heavens, in singing the lauds of the immortal God ? Certainly, I must confess mine own barbarousness ; 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... | |
 | 1860 - 452 sivua
...of the olden time is even now the effort of good, great, and wise men. Sir Philip Sidney wrote,— "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... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1862 - 588 sivua
...praise, the reward of virtue, to virtuous acts. " Certainly, I must confess mine own barbarousness; 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... | |
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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... 
