The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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Twice again she returns to announce the same condition , on which alone she will quit her place , receiving , the second time , two kisses , -the third time , three ; and at the three kisses the spell breaks , she is restored to her own ...
Twice again she returns to announce the same condition , on which alone she will quit her place , receiving , the second time , two kisses , -the third time , three ; and at the three kisses the spell breaks , she is restored to her own ...
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The former of these coincides so completely with the second part of the latter that there can be no doubt of the original identity of the two poems . The opening verses of the former , however , from their evident deficiency , afford ...
The former of these coincides so completely with the second part of the latter that there can be no doubt of the original identity of the two poems . The opening verses of the former , however , from their evident deficiency , afford ...
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The father of the two sons , on hearing that they are " bound in prison strang , " hastens to effect their pardon ; and the second part of the ballad opens with a picture of their mother waiting for his return : — " His lady sat on her ...
The father of the two sons , on hearing that they are " bound in prison strang , " hastens to effect their pardon ; and the second part of the ballad opens with a picture of their mother waiting for his return : — " His lady sat on her ...
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This was probably a chief motive with her in writing the second part , in which the tragic pathos of the original song is wholly dissolved , by Auld Robin being made a martyr to the poetical justice of romance , and yielding his place ...
This was probably a chief motive with her in writing the second part , in which the tragic pathos of the original song is wholly dissolved , by Auld Robin being made a martyr to the poetical justice of romance , and yielding his place ...
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poetical taste and power among the people ; but it must , in the second instance , have contributed very greatly to keep alive , to strengthen , and to extend the taste and the power from which it derived its existence at first .
poetical taste and power among the people ; but it must , in the second instance , have contributed very greatly to keep alive , to strengthen , and to extend the taste and the power from which it derived its existence at first .
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