The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ...A. and C. Black, 1880 |
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... called at school nonsense verses ) may be attained by dint of memory and practice , much higher qualifications are demanded . A keen and active power of observation , capable of perceiving at a glance the leading circumstances from ...
... called at school nonsense verses ) may be attained by dint of memory and practice , much higher qualifications are demanded . A keen and active power of observation , capable of perceiving at a glance the leading circumstances from ...
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... called Auld Maitland . The reciter repeated a verse , descriptive of the defence of a castle , thus : " With spring - wall , stanes , and goads of airn Among them fast he threw . " Spring - wall , is a corruption of springald , a ...
... called Auld Maitland . The reciter repeated a verse , descriptive of the defence of a castle , thus : " With spring - wall , stanes , and goads of airn Among them fast he threw . " Spring - wall , is a corruption of springald , a ...
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... whose armour shone like gold ; ' " " out which , after being divided into four , consti- tutes what is now generally called the ballad stanza , - VOL . I. " Earl Douglas on his milk - white steed , POPULAR POETRY . 1332.
... whose armour shone like gold ; ' " " out which , after being divided into four , consti- tutes what is now generally called the ballad stanza , - VOL . I. " Earl Douglas on his milk - white steed , POPULAR POETRY . 1332.
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... called Garlands , and circulating amongst persons of loose and careless habits - so far as books were concerned - were subject to destruc- tion from many causes ; and as the editions in the early age of printing were probably much ...
... called Garlands , and circulating amongst persons of loose and careless habits - so far as books were concerned - were subject to destruc- tion from many causes ; and as the editions in the early age of printing were probably much ...
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... called the Tea - Table Miscellany , Allan Ramsay inserted several old ballads , such as Cruel Barbara Allan , The Bon- nie Earl of Murray , There came a Ghost to Mar- garet's door , and two or three others . But his unhappy plan of ...
... called the Tea - Table Miscellany , Allan Ramsay inserted several old ballads , such as Cruel Barbara Allan , The Bon- nie Earl of Murray , There came a Ghost to Mar- garet's door , and two or three others . But his unhappy plan of ...
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