The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 205 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 19–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 2
... original shape is more or less concealed . In fact , nearly all those superstitions of modern Europe , which have a title to be called popular , on the ground of their acceptance among a people at large , and not merely among isolated ...
... original shape is more or less concealed . In fact , nearly all those superstitions of modern Europe , which have a title to be called popular , on the ground of their acceptance among a people at large , and not merely among isolated ...
Էջ 17
... original , the super- natural character of the lover wholly disappears in the vulgar seducer and murderer of ordinary life . What , then , has been the result of the legendary ballads in Scottish life ? Undoubtedly they have con ...
... original , the super- natural character of the lover wholly disappears in the vulgar seducer and murderer of ordinary life . What , then , has been the result of the legendary ballads in Scottish life ? Undoubtedly they have con ...
Էջ 25
... original identity of the two poems . The opening verses of the former , however , from their evident deficiency , afford just such an indication of the previous history of the two sons as stimulates curiosity to learn more ; and it is ...
... original identity of the two poems . The opening verses of the former , however , from their evident deficiency , afford just such an indication of the previous history of the two sons as stimulates curiosity to learn more ; and it is ...
Էջ 35
... original identity ; and methods of research , which our modern comparative mythologists have already followed to valuable results , enable us , without much difficulty , to trace the name , with the main features of the legend gathering ...
... original identity ; and methods of research , which our modern comparative mythologists have already followed to valuable results , enable us , without much difficulty , to trace the name , with the main features of the legend gathering ...
Էջ 36
... original identity of Thumbling and Tamlane does not seem to have been surmised by our collectors of ballads . It was asserted , however , so long ago as in the Quarterly Review for January 1819 , p . 100 , in an article on the ...
... original identity of Thumbling and Tamlane does not seem to have been surmised by our collectors of ballads . It was asserted , however , so long ago as in the Quarterly Review for January 1819 , p . 100 , in an article on the ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the ... John Clark Murray Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1874 |
The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the ... John Clark Murray Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1874 |
The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the ... John Clark Murray Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1874 |
Common terms and phrases
Aryan Nations Auld Robin Auld Robin Gray baith ballads and songs Bewick blaw bonny Border ballads Border Minstrelsy braes Burns charm Child's English Clerk Saunders dowie elfin emotions essay expressed fair Janet fairy feeling forms frae Gude hame haud heart hero History of Scotland influence Jacobite Janet Joanna Baillie kiss Lady language lass legend literature lover lyrical poetry maiden maun minstrels modern mythology natural literature nature ne'er never night old song original ower poems poetical poetry of Scotland poets popular poetry preserved reference rhyme romance Sarah Tytler Scotch Scots Scott Scottish Ballads Scottish character Scottish literature Scottish song sentiment social songs and ballads songs of Scotland sorrow spirit story sung superstition Tamlane Teutonic theme thou Thumbling Tibbie True Thomas utterance verse waly weel wife Yarrow
Սիրված հատվածներ
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.
Վկայակոչումներ այս գրքի մասին
Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2000 |
Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2000 |