The modern Scottish minstrel; or, The songs of Scotland of the past half century, with memoirs of the poets, and specimens in English verse of modern Gaelic bards, by C. Rogers, Volume 3Charles Rogers 1856 |
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... Chr MODERN Scottish instrel BY Charles Rogers , 4.4.D. F. S.A. SCOT . VOL III ABBOTSFORD Edinburgh ADAM & CHARLES BLACK , NORTH BRIDGE Booksellers & Publishers to the Queen Trzars se THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL ; OR , THE SONGS OF.
... Chr MODERN Scottish instrel BY Charles Rogers , 4.4.D. F. S.A. SCOT . VOL III ABBOTSFORD Edinburgh ADAM & CHARLES BLACK , NORTH BRIDGE Booksellers & Publishers to the Queen Trzars se THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL ; OR , THE SONGS OF.
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... Scottish Minstrel IS DEDICATED , WITH SENTIMENTS OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE , BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT , FAITHFUL SERVANT , CHARLES ROGERS . SCOTTISH AND HELLENIC MINSTRELSY : An Essay . BY JAMES.
... Scottish Minstrel IS DEDICATED , WITH SENTIMENTS OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE , BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT , FAITHFUL SERVANT , CHARLES ROGERS . SCOTTISH AND HELLENIC MINSTRELSY : An Essay . BY JAMES.
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... Scottish songs began to be the rage both in England and Scotland , and an eager desire arose to gather up old snatches and preserve them . Henceforth Scotch poetry held up its head , and a few remarkable poets won their way into the ...
... Scottish songs began to be the rage both in England and Scotland , and an eager desire arose to gather up old snatches and preserve them . Henceforth Scotch poetry held up its head , and a few remarkable poets won their way into the ...
Pagina ix
... discussed the comparative blessedness of single and married life . Or if a notable person happened to die , his dirge was sung , and the poet composed an encomium on him , full of wise reflections SCOTTISH AND HELLENIC MINSTRELSY . ix.
... discussed the comparative blessedness of single and married life . Or if a notable person happened to die , his dirge was sung , and the poet composed an encomium on him , full of wise reflections SCOTTISH AND HELLENIC MINSTRELSY . ix.
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... Scottish song . It is a theme of which neither the song - writer nor the song - singer ever wearies . Is is the one great passion with which the universal modern mind sympathises , and from the expressions of which it quaffs ...
... Scottish song . It is a theme of which neither the song - writer nor the song - singer ever wearies . Is is the one great passion with which the universal modern mind sympathises , and from the expressions of which it quaffs ...
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