 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 280 pages
...men bound up the fheaves. The fhokes of the fickle were timed by the modulation of the harveft-fong, in which all their voices were united. They accompany...which can be done in equal time, with an appropriated ftrain, which has, they fay, not much -meaning; but its effects are regularity andchearfulnefs. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 400 pages
...men bound up the fheaves. The ftrokes of the fickle were timed by the modulation of the harTeft'fong, in which all their voices were united. They accompany...Highlands every action, which can be done in equal , 'timej with an appropriated ftrain, which as, 'they fay, not much meaning ; but its 3 its effe&*... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - Christian antiquities - 1777 - 466 pages
...one of the weftern Iflands:— The Strokes of the Sickle were timed by the MoJniation of the Harvell Song, in which all their Voices were united: — They...Time with an appropriated Strain, which has, they fay, not much Meaning, but its Effedls are Regularity and Chearfulnefs The antient proceleufmatic Song,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...men bound up the fheaves. The ftrokes of the fickle were timed by the modulation of the harveft fong, in which all their voices were united. They accompany...which can be done in equal time, with an appropriated ftrain, which has, they fay, not much meaning ; but its effects are regularity and cheerfulnefs. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...the modulation of the harveft fong, in which all their voices were , united. They accompany in^the Highlands every action, which can be done in equal time, with an appropriated ftrain, which has, they fay, not much meaning ; but its eflfects are regularity and cheerfulnefs. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1791 - 458 pages
...men bound up the fheaves. The ftrokes of the fickle were timed by the modulation of the harveft fong, in which all their voices were united. They accompany in the Highlands every adion, which can be done in equal time, with an appropriated ftrain, which has, they fay, not much... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1792 - 258 pages
...men bound up the fheaves. The ftrokes of the fickle were limed by the modulation of the harveft fong, in which all their voices were united. They accompany...which can be done in equal time, with an appropriated ftrain ; which hns, they fay, not much .meaning but its effects are regularity and chearfulnefs. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1800 - 302 pages
...small field. The women reaped the corn, and the men bound up the sheaves. The strokes of the sickle were timed by the modulation of the harvest song,...accompany in the Highlands every action, which can tye done in equal time, with an appropriated strain > which has, they say, not much meaning but its... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...men bound up the fheaves. The ftrokes of the fickle were timed by the modulation of the harveft fong, in which all their voices were united. They accompany...which can be done in equal time, with an appropriated ftrain, which has, they fay, not much meaning ; but its effects are regularity and cheerfulnefs. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...small field. The women reaped the corn, and the men bound up the sheaves. The strokes of the sickle were timed by the modulation of the harvest song,...the Highlands, every action, which can be done in eqxial time, with an appropriated strain, which has, they say, not much meaning ; but its effects are... | |
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The strokes of the sickle were timed by the modulation of the harvest song, in which all their voices were united. 
