English and Scotch Historical BalladsArthur Milman |
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... Talvi , Versuch einer geschichtlichen Characteristik der Volkslieder germanischen Nationen , from which the substance of the following remarks is taken , and partly translated . B eye , cleave to the popular ear , stir the.
... Talvi , Versuch einer geschichtlichen Characteristik der Volkslieder germanischen Nationen , from which the substance of the following remarks is taken , and partly translated . B eye , cleave to the popular ear , stir the.
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... Taken together , and read in conjunction with what we know from other sources , they make up one of the fiercest and most frightful pictures that a Christian kingdom has ever presented — a true one , alas ! of Scotland for many ...
... Taken together , and read in conjunction with what we know from other sources , they make up one of the fiercest and most frightful pictures that a Christian kingdom has ever presented — a true one , alas ! of Scotland for many ...
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... taken root even earlier , with a strong intermixture of Danish . There are Scottish ballads in which it is impossible not to recognise an affinity with the Scandinavian , so close and so marked that it cannot be explained on any theory ...
... taken root even earlier , with a strong intermixture of Danish . There are Scottish ballads in which it is impossible not to recognise an affinity with the Scandinavian , so close and so marked that it cannot be explained on any theory ...
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... taken by that nation in the crusades . Whatever may have been the cause of this new- born interest , the ' History of Britain , ' published by Geoffrey of Monmouth A.D. 1147 , ministered to , and at the same time popularised , the ...
... taken by that nation in the crusades . Whatever may have been the cause of this new- born interest , the ' History of Britain , ' published by Geoffrey of Monmouth A.D. 1147 , ministered to , and at the same time popularised , the ...
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... taken refuge in the convent of Godstowe , whether put away by the king or voluntarily dedicating the remainder of her days to a life of penitence and prayer . Two sons , whose names are frequently met with in the history of the ensuing ...
... taken refuge in the convent of Godstowe , whether put away by the king or voluntarily dedicating the remainder of her days to a life of penitence and prayer . Two sons , whose names are frequently met with in the history of the ensuing ...
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