| Scottish border - 1812 - 516 páginas
...frequently placed on the breast of a corpse. The late Mr Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the editor by Mr Frank, Mr Ritson's executor, and runs thus : — " When... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 páginas
...frequently placed on the breast of the corpse. The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the Editor by Mr. Frank, Mr. Ritson's executor, and runs thus :— "... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 páginas
...frequently placed ort the breast of a corpse. The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the Editor by Mr. Frank, Mr. Ritson's executor, and runs thus : — "When... | |
| Richard John King - 1840 - 124 páginas
...men—though it would seem that the original pagan idea was the former. A curious portion of the belief occurs in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account of Cleveland in Yorkshire. "When anye dyeth, certayne women singe a song to the dead bodye recytynge the journeye that the partye... | |
| Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 páginas
...frequently placed on the breast of the corpse. .The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an •account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the Editor by Mr. Frank, Mr. Rilson's executor, and runs thus :— "... | |
| Francis James Child - 1857 - 496 páginas
...frequently placed on the breast of a corpse. " The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the Editor by Mr. Frank, Mr. Ritson's executor, and runs thus - — '... | |
| Francis James Child - 1857 - 512 páginas
...frequently placed on the breast of a corpse. " The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the Editor by Mr. Frank, Mr. Ritson's executor, and runs thus — ' When... | |
| William Allingham - 1860 - 316 páginas
...publishing it in his Border Minstrelsy, noted : " The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge iu a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ' When any dieth, certaine women sing a song to the dead bodie, recyting the jorney that the partye... | |
| William Allingham - 1865 - 456 páginas
...Dead- Watch] Dirge is of the North of England, and is said to have been illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth " When any dieth, certaine women smg a song to the dead bodie, recyting the jorney that the partye... | |
| Scottish border - 1869 - 624 páginas
...frequently placed on the breast of a corpse. The late Mr. Ritson found an illustration of this dirge in a MS. of the Cotton Library, containing an account...Cleveland, in Yorkshire, in the reign of queen Elizabeth. It was kindly communicated to the editor by Mr. Frank, Mr. Ritson's executor, and runs thus : — "... | |
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