English and Scotch Historical BalladsArthur Milman |
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... 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 of chance , and yet so distinct that that of translation would be utterly ...
... 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 of chance , and yet so distinct that that of translation would be utterly ...
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... Scottish as compared with English ballads , of which , as a rule , they share most of the merits while avoiding some of the defects ; that is to say , their occasionally inordinate length and that somewhat pedantically pro- fessional ...
... Scottish as compared with English ballads , of which , as a rule , they share most of the merits while avoiding some of the defects ; that is to say , their occasionally inordinate length and that somewhat pedantically pro- fessional ...
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... Scottish ballads , perhaps owing to the vast number of them , even by virtue of this distinctive feature , produce an effect no less powerful . Another of its peculiarities is that each poem is strictly localised . This trait it is ...
... Scottish ballads , perhaps owing to the vast number of them , even by virtue of this distinctive feature , produce an effect no less powerful . Another of its peculiarities is that each poem is strictly localised . This trait it is ...
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... Scottish Language . ' The text of the old ballads abounds with archaic forms , but the modern equivalents of these are in most cases clear , and I have kept them off the list except in cases where the meaning might appear doubtful . 19 ...
... Scottish Language . ' The text of the old ballads abounds with archaic forms , but the modern equivalents of these are in most cases clear , and I have kept them off the list except in cases where the meaning might appear doubtful . 19 ...
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... Scot- land , befell those noblemen who had accompanied the Prin- cess Margaret across the seas , to celebrate her marriage with Eric , king of Norway . For this version of the story there is at least a slight historical foundation , and ...
... Scot- land , befell those noblemen who had accompanied the Prin- cess Margaret across the seas , to celebrate her marriage with Eric , king of Norway . For this version of the story there is at least a slight historical foundation , and ...
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Page 252 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 246 - YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 74 - Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Page 245 - He was a wight of high renown, And thou art but of low degree: Tis pride that pulls the country down; Then take thine auld cloak about thee.
Page 204 - And when we left the Staneshaw-bank, The wind began full loud to blaw; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet, When we came beneath the castle wa'. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa' ; And sae ready was Buccleuch himsell To mount the first before us a'.
Page 105 - Ther-for the ton of us shall de this day." Then sayd the doughte Doglas Unto the lord Perse : " To kyll all thes giltles men, A-las ! it wear great pitte.
Page 6 - In this our spacious isle, I think there is not one, But he hath heard some talk of him and Little John ; And to the end of time the tales shall ne'er be done Of Scarlock, George-a-Green, and Much, the miller's son ; Of Tuck, the merry friar, which many a sermon made In praise of Robin Hood, his outlaws, and their trade.
Page 99 - And he that had a bonnie boy, Sent out his horse to grass, And he that had not a bonnie boy, His ain servant he was. But up then spake a little page, Before the peep of dawn: 'O waken ye, waken ye, my good lord, For Percy's hard at hand.
Page 10 - Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 73 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.