The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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It is impossible , indeed , to discuss the effect of these or of any other productions of the Scottish mind on the development of Scottish character , without indicating more or less definitely the character of the productions ...
It is impossible , indeed , to discuss the effect of these or of any other productions of the Scottish mind on the development of Scottish character , without indicating more or less definitely the character of the productions ...
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... forms of agency incompatible with the known laws of nature . Such a belief arises spontaneously in any mind unacquainted with the uniformity of type which modern science has detected in the 2 B.
... forms of agency incompatible with the known laws of nature . Such a belief arises spontaneously in any mind unacquainted with the uniformity of type which modern science has detected in the 2 B.
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In studying the intellectual progress of modern Europe , we are met by no fact more mournful than the prolonged hold , even over educated minds , of the belief in witches and witchcraft . In its essential nature this savage superstition ...
In studying the intellectual progress of modern Europe , we are met by no fact more mournful than the prolonged hold , even over educated minds , of the belief in witches and witchcraft . In its essential nature this savage superstition ...
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... that aspect of sublimer horror which has been noticed as a prominent characteristic imparted to it by the sterner features of Scottish scenery acting on the Scottish mind.1 The ballad of Willie's Ladye may be taken in illustration .
... that aspect of sublimer horror which has been noticed as a prominent characteristic imparted to it by the sterner features of Scottish scenery acting on the Scottish mind.1 The ballad of Willie's Ladye may be taken in illustration .
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We now come to a prettier and pleasanter world of imaginary beings , which has retained its hold on the Christian mind mainly from there being no doctrine of Christianity with which it came into manifest conflict .
We now come to a prettier and pleasanter world of imaginary beings , which has retained its hold on the Christian mind mainly from there being no doctrine of Christianity with which it came into manifest conflict .
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