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A SELECT COLLECTION:

OF

ENGLISH SONGS.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN ESSAY ON SONG-WRITING

BY JOHN AIKIN, M. D.

And ever, against eating cares,
Lap me in soft Lydian airs,

Married to immortal verse.

MILTON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO., ST. PAUL'S

CHURCHYARD.

1810.

PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO, SHOE LANE.

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THE Editor of this volume published, in 1772, a work entitled " Essays on Songwriting, with a Collection of such English Songs as are most eminent for poetical merit." The Essays were four in number : one on Song-writing in general; and one on each of the three classes into which the Collection of Songs was distributed. The pieces in the collection itself were rather select than numerous; and principally served as exemplifications of the ideas inculcated in the Essays relative to the character and diversities of this kind of poetical compositions. The volume was honoured with a reception which produced a demand for a second edition in 1774. For many years past, this impression has also been exhausted, and copies

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