The Quarterly Review, Volume 105William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1859 |
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... Ballads of Scotland . By William Edmondstoune Aytoun , D.C.L. 1858 . 2. The Modern Scottish Minstrel . By Charles Rogers , LL.D. 1856 . 3. Scottish Ballads and Songs . By James Maidment . 1859 - III . - 1 . Report of the National ...
... Ballads of Scotland . By William Edmondstoune Aytoun , D.C.L. 1858 . 2. The Modern Scottish Minstrel . By Charles Rogers , LL.D. 1856 . 3. Scottish Ballads and Songs . By James Maidment . 1859 - III . - 1 . Report of the National ...
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... he should ever descend from this intrinsic superiority , and afford a pretext to the enemies of wisdom and truth for claiming him as a friend of themselves . ART . ART . II . - 1 . The Ballads of 304 Carlyle's Frederick the Great .
... he should ever descend from this intrinsic superiority , and afford a pretext to the enemies of wisdom and truth for claiming him as a friend of themselves . ART . ART . II . - 1 . The Ballads of 304 Carlyle's Frederick the Great .
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... Ballads of Scotland . By William Edmond- stoune Aytoun , D.C.L. 1858 . 2. The Modern Scottish Minstrel . By Charles Rogers , LL.D. 1856 . 3. Scottish Ballads and Songs . By James Maidment . 1859 . NOT WOT the least interesting feature ...
... Ballads of Scotland . By William Edmond- stoune Aytoun , D.C.L. 1858 . 2. The Modern Scottish Minstrel . By Charles Rogers , LL.D. 1856 . 3. Scottish Ballads and Songs . By James Maidment . 1859 . NOT WOT the least interesting feature ...
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... ballads , the interest attached to the fact that they exist takes precedence of the interest which belongs to showing what their beauties are . They are the literature of a pre - literary period - the voices of forgotten ages , and of a ...
... ballads , the interest attached to the fact that they exist takes precedence of the interest which belongs to showing what their beauties are . They are the literature of a pre - literary period - the voices of forgotten ages , and of a ...
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... ballads modern would destroy - not its literary merit- but more than half the pleasure with which it is read . Once , in a country village , the neighbourhood used to assemble to hear a particularly sweet - singing nightingale ...
... ballads modern would destroy - not its literary merit- but more than half the pleasure with which it is read . Once , in a country village , the neighbourhood used to assemble to hear a particularly sweet - singing nightingale ...
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