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account of the English Minstrels , whom he defined at the court of the Anglo -
Norman kings until the to be an order of ... that was assuredly a period in English
history , when the the word minstrel , in its ordinary acceptation , meant national ...
account of the English Minstrels , whom he defined at the court of the Anglo -
Norman kings until the to be an order of ... that was assuredly a period in English
history , when the the word minstrel , in its ordinary acceptation , meant national ...
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It is probably owing to this circumstance , that almost all Bot I here tl no GR say ,
the ancient English minstrel ballads bear marks of a northern Thef of some
coppie som is away . origin , and are , in general , common to the Borders of both
king ...
It is probably owing to this circumstance , that almost all Bot I here tl no GR say ,
the ancient English minstrel ballads bear marks of a northern Thef of some
coppie som is away . origin , and are , in general , common to the Borders of both
king ...
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THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES ,
EARL OF DALKEITH , THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR . nance
Three Days . The Poem , now offered to the Public is intendINTRODUCTION . ad
to ...
THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES ,
EARL OF DALKEITH , THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR . nance
Three Days . The Poem , now offered to the Public is intendINTRODUCTION . ad
to ...
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The Minstrel gazed with wishful eyeThe pitying Duchess praised its chime , No
humbler resting - place was nigh . And gave him heart , and gave him time With
hesitating step at last , Till every string's according glee The embattled portal arch
...
The Minstrel gazed with wishful eyeThe pitying Duchess praised its chime , No
humbler resting - place was nigh . And gave him heart , and gave him time With
hesitating step at last , Till every string's according glee The embattled portal arch
...
Page 537
Meantime , kınd Wycliffe , wilt thou try Yes ! twine for me the cypress bough : Thy
minstrel skill ? -Nay , no reply- * But , O Matilda , twine not now ! And look not ead
! - I guess thy thought , Stay till a few brief months are past , Thy verse with ...
Meantime , kınd Wycliffe , wilt thou try Yes ! twine for me the cypress bough : Thy
minstrel skill ? -Nay , no reply- * But , O Matilda , twine not now ! And look not ead
! - I guess thy thought , Stay till a few brief months are past , Thy verse with ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 1 The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2006 |
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