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... ... : ... ... ... YOUNG JOHNSTONE , EARL ROBERT , JOHNIE SCOT , ... ... EARL RICHARD , ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... : : : : : ... 189 ... ... 193 ... 200 ... ... ... ... ... 204 ... : ... ... ANDREW LAMMIE , ... .
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... Scottish minstrel , and thereafter altered it to suit his own ideas of poetical beauty . † Could , however , there be MS . copies of other of our ancient ballads recovered , it certainly would be a most desirable and valuable ...
... Scottish minstrel , and thereafter altered it to suit his own ideas of poetical beauty . † Could , however , there be MS . copies of other of our ancient ballads recovered , it certainly would be a most desirable and valuable ...
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... traditionary poetry of the Scandinavian provinces of Europe ; and constitute , in fact , the * Historical Essay prefixed to " Scottish Song , " Lond . 1794. p . lxxx . bounding line which exists between what is the Oral and xi .
... traditionary poetry of the Scandinavian provinces of Europe ; and constitute , in fact , the * Historical Essay prefixed to " Scottish Song , " Lond . 1794. p . lxxx . bounding line which exists between what is the Oral and xi .
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... Scottish bal- lads , there never occurs any mention of " Harpers of the North Countrie , " which silence , taken in conjunction with the admission of the English ballads , may be twisted into something like a proof that Scotland was ...
... Scottish bal- lads , there never occurs any mention of " Harpers of the North Countrie , " which silence , taken in conjunction with the admission of the English ballads , may be twisted into something like a proof that Scotland was ...
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... Scottish Crown , may be looked on as a probable source from which emanated much of the Romance of the Middle ages , especially that class which commemorated the achieve- ments of Arthur and his Knights . The arguments brought forward in ...
... Scottish Crown , may be looked on as a probable source from which emanated much of the Romance of the Middle ages , especially that class which commemorated the achieve- ments of Arthur and his Knights . The arguments brought forward in ...
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