Sir Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Հատոր 2Thomas Finlayson Henderson W. Blackwood and sons, 1902 |
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... , FOUNDED UPON LOCAL TRADITION The songs , to savage virtue dear , That won of yore the public ear , Ere polity , sedate and sage , Had quench'd the fires of feudal rage . WARTON . JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD THERE is another ballad.
... , FOUNDED UPON LOCAL TRADITION The songs , to savage virtue dear , That won of yore the public ear , Ere polity , sedate and sage , Had quench'd the fires of feudal rage . WARTON . JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD THERE is another ballad.
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... ballad , but this is impossible , for ( 1 ) Sir Walter , first Lord Scott , not being born until 1565 , could not in 1582 be termed ' auld Buccleuch ' ; and ( 2 ) he could not have a son able to take part in the raid . Nor , it may be ...
... ballad , but this is impossible , for ( 1 ) Sir Walter , first Lord Scott , not being born until 1565 , could not in 1582 be termed ' auld Buccleuch ' ; and ( 2 ) he could not have a son able to take part in the raid . Nor , it may be ...
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... ballad ( in the possession of Mr. Macmath , and printed in Child's Ballads , v . p . 249-51 ) , it is an Elliot who is slain . Martin Elliot's son , Gib , was slain in a foray 7th July 1597 ( Border Papers , ii . No. 676 ) , and the ...
... ballad ( in the possession of Mr. Macmath , and printed in Child's Ballads , v . p . 249-51 ) , it is an Elliot who is slain . Martin Elliot's son , Gib , was slain in a foray 7th July 1597 ( Border Papers , ii . No. 676 ) , and the ...
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... ballad , " The Raid of the Reidswire . ' Allanhaugh was then occupied either by Robert Scott or his son William , descended from David of Buccleuch , d . 1492. For Gil- manscleugh , see note to stanza xxxv . Commonside was leased , 2nd ...
... ballad , " The Raid of the Reidswire . ' Allanhaugh was then occupied either by Robert Scott or his son William , descended from David of Buccleuch , d . 1492. For Gil- manscleugh , see note to stanza xxxv . Commonside was leased , 2nd ...
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... ballad , founded on this tradition , occurs in the Forest Minstrel , a collection of legendary poetry , by Mr. James Hogg . [ Much of this is incorrect . Scott's account of the marriage - contract is not borne 16 BORDER MINSTRELSY.
... ballad , founded on this tradition , occurs in the Forest Minstrel , a collection of legendary poetry , by Mr. James Hogg . [ Much of this is incorrect . Scott's account of the marriage - contract is not borne 16 BORDER MINSTRELSY.
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Էջ 417 - In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain Knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. ' His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet.
Էջ 59 - And also thro' the Carlisle sands ; They brought him to Carlisle castell, To be at my Lord Scroope's commands. " My hands are tied, but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow? Or answer by the Border law ? Or answer to the bauld Buccleuch ?" " Now haud thy tongue, thou rank reiver ! There's never a Scot shall set thee free : Before ye cross my castell yate, I trow ye shall take farewell o' me."
Էջ 395 - When I was a boy just turn'd of nine, My uncle sent for me, To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him, And keep him companie.
Էջ 417 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t'other say, "Where sail we gang and dine to-day?
Էջ 62 - Where be ye gaun, ye broken men ?' Quo' fause Sakelde ; ' come tell to me !' Now Dickie of Dryhope led that band, And the never a word o' lear had he. ' Why trespass ye on the English side ? Row-footed outlaws, stand!' quo' he; The never a word had Dickie to say, Sae he thrust the lance through his fause bodie.
Էջ 354 - Peeblesshire, a spring called the Cheese Well, because, anciently, those who passed that way were wont to throw into it a piece of cheese as an offering to the fairies, to whom it was consecrated. Like the feld elfen of the Saxons, the usual dress of the fairies is green...
Էջ 64 - He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — "Had there not been peace between our lands, Upon the other side thou hadst gaed ! "Now sound out, trumpets!" quo' Buccleuch; "Let's waken Lord Scroope right merrilie !" Then loud the warden's trumpet blew — 0 who dare meddle wi me?
Էջ 253 - Advocate MacKenyie, who, for his worldly wit and wisdom, had been to the rest as a god. And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long dark, curled locks, streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.
Էջ 347 - Anno 1670. Not far from Cirencester was an apparition. Being demanded whether a good spirit or a bad, returned no answer, but disappeared with a curious perfume, and most melodious twang.
Էջ 58 - They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the Liddel-rack. They led him thro...