The Songs of England and Scotland, Volume 1J. Cochrane, 1835 - Ballads, English |
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Page vi
... Minstrels are reckoned as the genuine successors . * THE MINSTRELS were an order of men who flou- rished during the middle ages in the courts of our princes and the halls of our nobility , subsisting by the art of poetry and music , and ...
... Minstrels are reckoned as the genuine successors . * THE MINSTRELS were an order of men who flou- rished during the middle ages in the courts of our princes and the halls of our nobility , subsisting by the art of poetry and music , and ...
Page vii
... Minstrels chanted , and which Chaucer alludes to , still exist , shewing a vein of fancy and an ele- gance of description , for the period in which they were composed truly wonderful , -have re - appeared within these few years ...
... Minstrels chanted , and which Chaucer alludes to , still exist , shewing a vein of fancy and an ele- gance of description , for the period in which they were composed truly wonderful , -have re - appeared within these few years ...
Page viii
... Minstrels . * It will scarcely be foreign here to enter a little into the discussion about the precise rank the min ... Minstrels , as little better than a despicable race ; and that at no time , he writes , were they the favourite ...
... Minstrels . * It will scarcely be foreign here to enter a little into the discussion about the precise rank the min ... Minstrels , as little better than a despicable race ; and that at no time , he writes , were they the favourite ...
Page ix
... minstrel of William the Conqueror , had lands allotted to him in Gloucestershire . † While one of the same individuals was a camp attendant of Edward the * Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry . + See Ellis's Intr . to Met . Rom ...
... minstrel of William the Conqueror , had lands allotted to him in Gloucestershire . † While one of the same individuals was a camp attendant of Edward the * Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry . + See Ellis's Intr . to Met . Rom ...
Page x
... minstrels was supplied , and gradually that poetic race sank into neglect and obscurity , frequenting taverns , and accepting the poor man's groat , instead of feasting with the rich and being rewarded with gold . Talent then left their ...
... minstrels was supplied , and gradually that poetic race sank into neglect and obscurity , frequenting taverns , and accepting the poor man's groat , instead of feasting with the rich and being rewarded with gold . Talent then left their ...
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