RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: CONSISTING OF Old Heroic BALLADS, SONGS, and Other PIECES of Our Earlier POETS, (Chiefly of the LYRIC Kind.) Together with Some Few of Later Date: VOLUME THE FIRST, Volume 1 |
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... fame kind of writing : And to take off from the te- diousness of the longer narratives , they are every where intermingled with little elegant pieces of the lyric kind . Select ballads in the old Scottifh dialect , most of them of the ...
... fame kind of writing : And to take off from the te- diousness of the longer narratives , they are every where intermingled with little elegant pieces of the lyric kind . Select ballads in the old Scottifh dialect , most of them of the ...
Page vi
... fame kind were received from JOHN MCGOWAN , Efq ; of Edinburgh : and many curious explanations of Scottifh words in the gloffaries from Mr. JoHN DAVID- of Edinburgh , and from the Rev. Mr. HUTCHIN- SON , of Kimbolton . Mr. WARTON , who ...
... fame kind were received from JOHN MCGOWAN , Efq ; of Edinburgh : and many curious explanations of Scottifh words in the gloffaries from Mr. JoHN DAVID- of Edinburgh , and from the Rev. Mr. HUTCHIN- SON , of Kimbolton . Mr. WARTON , who ...
Page xi
... fame arts of mufic and fong were equally admired among both nations , and thats the privileges and honours con- ferred upon the profeffors of them were common to both ; as it is well known their customs , manners , and even lan- guage ...
... fame arts of mufic and fong were equally admired among both nations , and thats the privileges and honours con- ferred upon the profeffors of them were common to both ; as it is well known their customs , manners , and even lan- guage ...
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... fame mode of entertainment prevailed among both people , and that the Minstrel was a privi- leged character among both . Even fo late as the reign of Edward II . the Minstrels were cafily admitted into the royal prefence ; as appears ...
... fame mode of entertainment prevailed among both people , and that the Minstrel was a privi- leged character among both . Even fo late as the reign of Edward II . the Minstrels were cafily admitted into the royal prefence ; as appears ...
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... fame privileges . The Reader will find that the Minstrels continued down to the reign of Elizabeth ; in whofe time they had loft much of their dignity , and were finking into contempt and neglect . Yet ftill they sustained a character ...
... fame privileges . The Reader will find that the Minstrels continued down to the reign of Elizabeth ; in whofe time they had loft much of their dignity , and were finking into contempt and neglect . Yet ftill they sustained a character ...
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Adam Bell agayne ancient archar arrowes awaye ballad caft Chrift Cloudeflè copy daughter daye dear doth Earl Douglas Earl Percy Edom Eftmere Engliſh faft faid fair fair lady fame fave fawe fayd faye fayre feem fene fette fhal fhall fhalt fhee fhould flaine flayne fome fong fonnes foon ftand ftill fuch fweet fworde Garland Gilderoy greene willow hafte hart hath heart himſelf houſe intitled king KING LEIR knight kyng lady ladye laft Little John lord Minstrels mither moft muft muſt never noble Patrick Spence Percy Perfè play poems poets quoth reft Robin Hood Scotland Scottish ſhall ſhe ſome Theare thee thefe ther theſe theyr thofe thoſe thou thre unto uppon whan whofe willow wold wyfe wyll Wyllyam yemen zour