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... in the course of time , is a clear proof that they were not composed casually or from the caprice of the writers , but were the production of VOL . I. с minstrels , who , in remoter times , followed their INTRODUCTION . xxxiii.
... in the course of time , is a clear proof that they were not composed casually or from the caprice of the writers , but were the production of VOL . I. с minstrels , who , in remoter times , followed their INTRODUCTION . xxxiii.
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William Edmondstoune Aytoun. minstrels , who , in remoter times , followed their craft as a regular profession or means of livelihood -though the emoluments may have been but scanty , and the social position of the professors not very ...
William Edmondstoune Aytoun. minstrels , who , in remoter times , followed their craft as a regular profession or means of livelihood -though the emoluments may have been but scanty , and the social position of the professors not very ...
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... minstrels . Minstrelsy , as every one knows , was a great craft in the time of the Troubadours , some of whom , for example Bertrand de Born , were not only knightly in station , but famous for deeds in arms . At Arles there was a minstrel ...
... minstrels . Minstrelsy , as every one knows , was a great craft in the time of the Troubadours , some of whom , for example Bertrand de Born , were not only knightly in station , but famous for deeds in arms . At Arles there was a minstrel ...
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... minstrels called in , great was the crush to hear the last ballad of the gifted Mæonides of the district . In this way the taste for popular poetry was not only kept alive , but very widely disseminated ; and the minstrel , wherever he ...
... minstrels called in , great was the crush to hear the last ballad of the gifted Mæonides of the district . In this way the taste for popular poetry was not only kept alive , but very widely disseminated ; and the minstrel , wherever he ...
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... minstrel - craft , both in Scotland and elsewhere ; but I am apprehensive that such remarks , if prolonged , might be tedious . I tender them as an explanation of the origin of the ballads , which I do not regard as mere casual ...
... minstrel - craft , both in Scotland and elsewhere ; but I am apprehensive that such remarks , if prolonged , might be tedious . I tender them as an explanation of the origin of the ballads , which I do not regard as mere casual ...
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