An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!: With Authorities Taken from Sion College Library, the Ancient Records of the Merchant Tailors' Company, the Old Checque-Book of His Majesty's Chapel, &C. &C. &C (Classic Reprint)
An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!: With Authorities Taken from Sion College Library, the Ancient Records of the Merchant Tailors' Company, the Old Checque-Book of His Majesty's Chapel, &C. &C. &C (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!: With Authorities Taken From Sion College Library, the Ancient Records of the Merchant Tailors' Company, the Old Checque-Book of His Majesty's Chapel, &C. &C. &C IN bringing before the public an account Ofour national anthem, god save the king, about which so much has already been written, it might appear that nothing new or interesting could be stated oil the subject. Notwithstanding many apparently insurmountable Obstacles, it will, how ever, be ...
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Excerpt from An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!: With Authorities Taken From Sion College Library, the Ancient Records of the Merchant Tailors' Company, the Old Checque-Book of His Majesty's Chapel, &C. &C. &C IN bringing before the public an account Ofour national anthem, god save the king, about which so much has already been written, it might appear that nothing new or interesting could be stated oil the subject. Notwithstanding many apparently insurmountable Obstacles, it will, how ever, be seen in the course of the following ac counts, that the Editor has traced it from the present period upwards, through the different reigns, to the time mentioned in his Prospectus and as it had been generally understood that H. Carey was the author and composer, it was neces sary to contradict that statement, before he could proceed any farther. It will be seen in the course Of the following Work, that Carey neither had, nor could have had, any-claim at all to the com position, Or in bringing it forward in 1745 or 1746, the time SO confidently stated by his son and Mr. Galliard, as that in which he brought it forwardxviii introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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