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Your observation as to the aptitude of Dr. Percy's ballad to the air Nanie 0 , is just
. It is besides , perhaps , the most beautiful ballad in the English language . But
let me remark to you , that , in the sentiment and style of our Scottish airs , there is
...
Your observation as to the aptitude of Dr. Percy's ballad to the air Nanie 0 , is just
. It is besides , perhaps , the most beautiful ballad in the English language . But
let me remark to you , that , in the sentiment and style of our Scottish airs , there is
...
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I send you also a ballad to the Mill mill 0. * The last time I came o'er the moor , I
would fain attempt to make a Scots song for , and let Ramsay's be the English set
. You shall hear from me soon . When you go to London on this business , can ...
I send you also a ballad to the Mill mill 0. * The last time I came o'er the moor , I
would fain attempt to make a Scots song for , and let Ramsay's be the English set
. You shall hear from me soon . When you go to London on this business , can ...
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... as a most essential quality in composition , and the ground - work of beauty in
all the arts . I wilt gladly appropriate your most interesting new F 2 ballad ballad ,
When wild war's deadly blast , & c 67 Mr T to Mr B Thanks and observations,
... as a most essential quality in composition , and the ground - work of beauty in
all the arts . I wilt gladly appropriate your most interesting new F 2 ballad ballad ,
When wild war's deadly blast , & c 67 Mr T to Mr B Thanks and observations,
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The old ballad , I wish I were where Helen lies , is silly to contemptibility . * My
alteration of it in Johnson's is not much better . Mr. Pinkerton , in his , what he
calls , ancient ballads ( many of them notorious , though beautiful enough
forgeries ) ...
The old ballad , I wish I were where Helen lies , is silly to contemptibility . * My
alteration of it in Johnson's is not much better . Mr. Pinkerton , in his , what he
calls , ancient ballads ( many of them notorious , though beautiful enough
forgeries ) ...
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Jockie and Jenny I would discard , and in its place would put There's nae luck
about the house , which has a very pleasant air , and which is positively the finest
love - ballad in that style in the Scottish , or perhaps in any other language .
Jockie and Jenny I would discard , and in its place would put There's nae luck
about the house , which has a very pleasant air , and which is positively the finest
love - ballad in that style in the Scottish , or perhaps in any other language .
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| Наслов | The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including poetry hitherto unpublished Том 4 књиге The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Mr. Thomson (George) |
| Аутор | Robert Burns |
| Издање | 5 |
| Издавач | T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет у Мичигену |
| Дигитализовано | 19 мај 2007 |
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