The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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Those which were clearly incompatible with essential principles of Christian thought and life , were , of course , ultimately compelled to give way , though the struggle of the Church with even these was protracted longer than might ...
Those which were clearly incompatible with essential principles of Christian thought and life , were , of course , ultimately compelled to give way , though the struggle of the Church with even these was protracted longer than might ...
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the ghost of a former lover : while , as if to laugh modern spiritualism out of countenance , even this superstition gives way , among the ballad - singers themselves ; and at last in May Colvin , though there is a vanishing trace of ...
the ghost of a former lover : while , as if to laugh modern spiritualism out of countenance , even this superstition gives way , among the ballad - singers themselves ; and at last in May Colvin , though there is a vanishing trace of ...
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“ Syne they came to a garden green , And she pu'd an apple frae a tree ,* Take this for thy wages , true Thomas ; It will give thee the tongue that can never lie . " “ My tongue is my ain , ' true Thomas 32 THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF ...
“ Syne they came to a garden green , And she pu'd an apple frae a tree ,* Take this for thy wages , true Thomas ; It will give thee the tongue that can never lie . " “ My tongue is my ain , ' true Thomas 32 THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF ...
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According to this tradition , the hero was betrothed to the heroine , whose father had promised to give her as a dowry the half of his property . Stung by indignation at the prospect of losing such a large portion of his patrimony ...
According to this tradition , the hero was betrothed to the heroine , whose father had promised to give her as a dowry the half of his property . Stung by indignation at the prospect of losing such a large portion of his patrimony ...
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... is a superstition that it is unlucky to dream of anything green : 1 but her brother , who is approaching with his unhappy tidings , and receives from her an account of her dream , gives it a more pointed interpretation . sorrow .
... is a superstition that it is unlucky to dream of anything green : 1 but her brother , who is approaching with his unhappy tidings , and receives from her an account of her dream , gives it a more pointed interpretation . sorrow .
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