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'And firft, thefe ill bred Things I lafli,
The hated Authors of that Trafh,
In publick fpread with little Wit,
Much Malice, rude and bootlefs Spite,
Againft the SEX, who have no Arms,
To fhield them from infulting Harms ;
Except the Light'ning of their Eye,
L Which none but fueh blind Dolts defy. '
Ungenerous War ! V attack the F A I R :
But Ladies fear not, ye're the Care
Of every W I T of true Defcent,
At once their Song and Ornament:
They'll ne»er neglect the lovely Crowd:
But fpite of all the Multitude
Of fcribbling Fops, aflert your Caufe,
And execute APO ZZO's Laws :
APOZZO, who the B A R D infpires
With fofteft Thoughts and divine Fires 5
Than whom on all the Earth thercs no Man
More complaifant to a fine Woman.
Such Veneration mixt with Love,
joints out a P JE T from above ;
Bui
'And firft, thefe ill bred Things I lafli,
The hated Authors of that Trafh,
In publick fpread with little Wit,
Much Malice, rude and bootlefs Spite,
Againft the SEX, who have no Arms,
To fhield them from infulting Harms ;
Except the Light'ning of their Eye,
L Which none but fueh blind Dolts defy. '
Ungenerous War ! V attack the F A I R :
But Ladies fear not, ye're the Care
Of every W I T of true Defcent,
At once their Song and Ornament:
They'll ne»er neglect the lovely Crowd:
But fpite of all the Multitude
Of fcribbling Fops, aflert your Caufe,
And execute APO ZZO's Laws :
APOZZO, who the B A R D infpires
With fofteft Thoughts and divine Fires 5
Than whom on all the Earth thercs no Man
More complaifant to a fine Woman.
Such Veneration mixt with Love,
joints out a P JE T from above ;
Bui
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| Description | By Allan Ramsay. Edinburgh : Printed for the author, 1720. [A collection of pamphlets previously issued separately by Ramsay. The collection was probably first published in 1719 without a collective title page and subsequently re-issued in 1720 with prefatory material and a collective title page but little attempt at continuous pagination.] Contents: Morning interview (with: Elegy on Maggy Johnston, To the most beautiful Scots ladies, Scots songs) [Martin 36, 32, 49, 46] - Christ’s-Kirk on the Green [Martin 7] - Scriblers lash’d [Martin 48] - Content [Martin 17] - Richy and Sandy [Martin 25] - Familiar epistles [Martin 22] - Prologue [variant of Martin 42] - Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Martin 28] - Young laird and Edinburgh Katy [Martin 54] - Patie and Roger [Martin 37] - Edinburgh’s salutation [Martin 31]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.106 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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