The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 205 էջ |
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... nature encounters at every step of its progress . The former of these - the inquiry into national cha- racter - will , if answered at all by those who apprehend it clearly , be answered only with diffidence and by an indefinite outline ...
... nature encounters at every step of its progress . The former of these - the inquiry into national cha- racter - will , if answered at all by those who apprehend it clearly , be answered only with diffidence and by an indefinite outline ...
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... nature . But however slight in appearance or in reality , every in- fluence , working upon the people of a country in general , will contribute something to the national cha- racter , though some influences may be so slight as to be ...
... nature . But however slight in appearance or in reality , every in- fluence , working upon the people of a country in general , will contribute something to the national cha- racter , though some influences may be so slight as to be ...
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... nature , as well as in external nature , are often thwarted , counteracted , in fact completely neutralized , by others ; and this circumstance creates one of the main difficulties of all scientific inquiry . In addition to this , there ...
... nature , as well as in external nature , are often thwarted , counteracted , in fact completely neutralized , by others ; and this circumstance creates one of the main difficulties of all scientific inquiry . In addition to this , there ...
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... nature of the inquiry , and the only method of arriving at reliable results . object has been , after arranging the ballads and songs into groups , to elicit some of the features by which each group is distinguished , to point out the ...
... nature of the inquiry , and the only method of arriving at reliable results . object has been , after arranging the ballads and songs into groups , to elicit some of the features by which each group is distinguished , to point out the ...
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... nature of a ballad ; while Helen of Kir- connell and The Lament of the Border Widow , as well as some other lyrics generally included in our books of ballads , are more correctly regarded as songs . The Song of Moses1 is a splendid ...
... nature of a ballad ; while Helen of Kir- connell and The Lament of the Border Widow , as well as some other lyrics generally included in our books of ballads , are more correctly regarded as songs . The Song of Moses1 is a splendid ...
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The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the ... John Clark Murray Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1874 |
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Էջ 60 - I'll wage thee! Who shall say that Fortune grieves him While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met - or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Էջ 59 - Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak nae mair There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell Lee.
Էջ 123 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave — we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a
Էջ 150 - Ye lie, ye lie, ye liar loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.
Էջ 30 - Now, ye maun go wi' me," she said ; " True Thomas, ye maun go wi' me ; And ye maun serve me seven years, Thro' weal or woe as may chance to be.
Էջ 30 - Ye'll ne'er get back to your ain countrie.' 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern star light, And they waded through red blude to the knee; For a' the blude, that's shed on earth, Rins through the springs o
Էջ 26 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Էջ vii - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Էջ 54 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation...
Էջ 107 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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