Reliques of Ancient English Poetry ...J. Dodsley, 1823 |
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... composed their rhymes to be sung to their harps , and who looked no farther than for present applause , and present subsistence . The reader will find this class of men occasionally described in the following volumes , and some ...
... composed their rhymes to be sung to their harps , and who looked no farther than for present applause , and present subsistence . The reader will find this class of men occasionally described in the following volumes , and some ...
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... composed by themselves , or others * . They also appear to have accompanied their songs with mimicry and action ; and to have practised such various means of diverting as were much admired in those rude times , and supplied the want of ...
... composed by themselves , or others * . They also appear to have accompanied their songs with mimicry and action ; and to have practised such various means of diverting as were much admired in those rude times , and supplied the want of ...
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... composed songs themselves , and all of them could probably invent a few stanzas on occasion . I have no doubt but most of the old heroic Ballads in this col- lection were composed by this order of men . For although some of the larger ...
... composed songs themselves , and all of them could probably invent a few stanzas on occasion . I have no doubt but most of the old heroic Ballads in this col- lection were composed by this order of men . For although some of the larger ...
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... composed two thirds of the conquerors of Britain , were a Danish people , and their country at this day belongs to the crown of Denmark + ; so that when the Danes again infested England , three or four hundred years after , they made ...
... composed two thirds of the conquerors of Britain , were a Danish people , and their country at this day belongs to the crown of Denmark + ; so that when the Danes again infested England , three or four hundred years after , they made ...
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... composed in their own Norman French ; yet as the great mass of the original inhabitants were not extirpated , these could only understand their own native Gleemen or Minstrels ; who must still be allowed to exist , unless it can be ...
... composed in their own Norman French ; yet as the great mass of the original inhabitants were not extirpated , these could only understand their own native Gleemen or Minstrels ; who must still be allowed to exist , unless it can be ...
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Adam Bell agayne ancient Anglo-Saxon appears archars awaye ballad Bards baron Cædmon called Cange castle composed copy curious daughter daye Douglas Du Cange Earl Earl of Northumberland Edward Eldridge English Fair Emmeline fayre folio French Garland Geoffrey of Monmouth Gleemen hand harp Harper hart hath Henry Hist Ibid Joculator John King King's knighte kyng Estmere lady ladye lord Persè manuscript Menestrels mentioned Mimus Minstrels mither myght never noble Norman Conquest Northumberland Note Otterbourn passage Patrick Spence Percy play poem poet Poetry prince printed profession quoth reader Regis reign rhymes Robin Hood sayd saye Scots Scottish shee shold singing slayne song stanzas strels sworde syde Syr Cauline thee ther thou thow thre Tyll unto uppon Warton whan willow wold word writers wyfe wyll Wyllyam Wyth yemen yerely zour