The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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Both of these inquiries may be ranked among the most perplexing of those intricate problems which the science of human nature encounters at every step of its progress . The former of these — the inquiry into national character — will ...
Both of these inquiries may be ranked among the most perplexing of those intricate problems which the science of human nature encounters at every step of its progress . The former of these — the inquiry into national character — will ...
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... have made us familiar with the fact , that the most efficient cause in shaping an individual's character has often been an incident which was externally of the most trivial nature . But however slight in appearance or in reality ...
... have made us familiar with the fact , that the most efficient cause in shaping an individual's character has often been an incident which was externally of the most trivial nature . But however slight in appearance or in reality ...
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Moreover , the agencies at work in human 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 ...
Moreover , the agencies at work in human 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 ...
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The method adopted in the following essay is the only method allowed by the nature of the inquiry , and the only method of arriving at reliable results . The object has been , after arranging the ballads and songs into groups ...
The method adopted in the following essay is the only method allowed by the nature of the inquiry , and the only method of arriving at reliable results . The object has been , after arranging the ballads and songs into groups ...
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... partakes more of the nature of a ballad ; while Helen of Kirconnell 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 .
... partakes more of the nature of a ballad ; while Helen of Kirconnell 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 .
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