The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 205 páginas |
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... results of his life , de- clared that as it had been the mission of Luther to dispel the darkness of the Papacy , so it had been his to overturn the Newtonian theory of colours ! 1 The other inquiry — that , namely , into the agencies ...
... results of his life , de- clared that as it had been the mission of Luther to dispel the darkness of the Papacy , so it had been his to overturn the Newtonian theory of colours ! 1 The other inquiry — that , namely , into the agencies ...
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... results . object has been , after arranging the ballads and songs into groups , to elicit some of the features by which each group is distinguished , to point out the effects which such features are calculated to produce , and to trace ...
... results . object has been , after arranging the ballads and songs into groups , to elicit some of the features by which each group is distinguished , to point out the effects which such features are calculated to produce , and to trace ...
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... results which it exercised on judicial practice did not exclude it , till recent times , from the realm of Christian thought . The reason of this is evidently the fact , that it found a point of attachment in a certain cycle of ...
... results which it exercised on judicial practice did not exclude it , till recent times , from the realm of Christian thought . The reason of this is evidently the fact , that it found a point of attachment in a certain cycle of ...
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... result of this alliance was to obliterate all the miti- gating features of the primitive superstition , reducing it ... resulting from their contact with Christian ideas ; but for our more immediate purpose witchcraft might almost have ...
... result of this alliance was to obliterate all the miti- gating features of the primitive superstition , reducing it ... resulting from their contact with Christian ideas ; but for our more immediate purpose witchcraft might almost have ...
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... result of the legendary ballads in Scottish life ? Undoubtedly they have con- tributed , with other causes , to quicken the feeling awakened in the presence of objects which , from the mystery enshrouding them , appear to be ...
... result of the legendary ballads in Scottish life ? Undoubtedly they have con- tributed , with other causes , to quicken the feeling awakened in the presence of objects which , from the mystery enshrouding them , appear to be ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 26 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Página 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.
Página 54 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation...
Página 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.
Referencias a este libro
Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2000 |
Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2000 |