Minstrelsy: ancient and modern, with an historical intr. and notes, by W. Motherwell1827 |
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Página v
... mention , that of every old traditionary ballad known , there exists what may be called different versions . In other words , the same story is told after a different fashion in one district of the country , from what it is remembered ...
... mention , that of every old traditionary ballad known , there exists what may be called different versions . In other words , the same story is told after a different fashion in one district of the country , from what it is remembered ...
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... mentioned to obviate any appearance of dogmatism , if , in the course of our observations , we should at any time call this old or that new , this genuine or that a forgery , without condescending to detail the grounds upon which such ...
... mentioned to obviate any appearance of dogmatism , if , in the course of our observations , we should at any time call this old or that new , this genuine or that a forgery , without condescending to detail the grounds upon which such ...
Página xiv
... mentioned in it , whom the minstrel has passed over in silence , as interfering with the interest which should be exclusively concentrated around the principal personages . Some pieces too are prose and rhyme intermixed , the dialogue ...
... mentioned in it , whom the minstrel has passed over in silence , as interfering with the interest which should be exclusively concentrated around the principal personages . Some pieces too are prose and rhyme intermixed , the dialogue ...
Página xviii
... mentioned , that in their character both resemble each other so much , that it becomes impos- sible to say to which ... mention of " Harpers of the North Countrie , " which silence , taken in conjunction with the admission of the English ...
... mentioned , that in their character both resemble each other so much , that it becomes impos- sible to say to which ... mention of " Harpers of the North Countrie , " which silence , taken in conjunction with the admission of the English ...
Página xxi
... mention that of the third line , " a word he could not see . " Gentle dames , who choose to undergo a voluntary penance , as a mark of their sorrow for the loss of their paramours , cannot content themselves with a less period than ...
... mention that of the third line , " a word he could not see . " Gentle dames , who choose to undergo a voluntary penance , as a mark of their sorrow for the loss of their paramours , cannot content themselves with a less period than ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient ballads Andrew Lammie Annie auld baith ballad birk bonnie banks bonny Annie Border Minstrelsy bower brother brume blooms bonnie Chield Morice Childe Maurice Clerk Saunders Clyde's water collection copy daughter dear doun Earl Marshall Edinburgh edition Editor Eh vow bonnie Fair Annie Fair Janet fair Scotland father fause Fause Foodrage Fordie frae Frendraught Fyvie gane gang Gil Morice gold gowd gude hame hand hey lillelu Hynd Jamieson John Johnie Scot King knight lady fair Lady Maisery ladye laird land Lord mair Maisry Margaret maun Minstrel mother ne'er never o'er old ballads owre poetry Popular Ballads printed recitation Reliques says sister song spak stanza steed Sweet Willie Syr Cauline ta'en thee thou Tiftie's traditionary true love TWA BROTHERS unto weel ye'll young young Benjie Young Johnstone
Pasajes populares
Página 121 - THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea...
Página liii - For Wetharryngton my harte was wo, That ever he slayne shulde be ; For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to, Yet he knyled and fought on hys kne.
Página 122 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Página 45 - Hame cam his gude horse, But never cam he! Out cam his auld mither Greeting fu' sair, And out cam his bonnie bride Rivin' her hair. Saddled and bridled And booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle But never cam he! "My meadow lies green, And my corn is unshorn, My barn is to bigg, And my babie's unborn.
Página 372 - Lie you there, dove Isabel, And all my sorrows lie with thee ; Till Kemp Owyne come ower the sea, And borrow you with kisses three, Let all the warld do what they will, Oh borrowed shall you never be !
Página 7 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, " Where sall we gang and dine to-day...
Página 98 - O what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills, That the sun shines sweetly on ? ' ' O yon are the hills of heaven,' he said, ' Where you will never win.' ' 0 whaten a mountain is yon, she said, ' All so dreary wi' frost and snow ? ' ' O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried,
Página 21 - The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang !
Página 183 - They lighted down to tak a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear; And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William," she says "For I fear that you are slain!
Página 185 - Out o' the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose, And out o' the knight's a brier. And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near ; And a' the warld might ken right weel, They were twa lovers dear.