Download or read book Old Ballads in Prose Classic Reprint written by Eva March Tappan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Ballads in Prose The story-loving people would have hadrather a hard time if it had not been for the ballads. These ballads were simple rhymes, and every one of them told a story. There were tales of ghosts and fairies, of merry jests and faithful maidens and gallant champions, of the wild escapades of Robin Hood and his fol lowers in the depths of Sherwood Forest; and there were tales with the ring of battle and the clash of arms in them, with a sword in every line. No one knows who composed the ballads, and it is not at all likely that any one of them was the work of a single person. When peo ple sang them, they sang what they remem bered, and made up the rest; so that they were seldom sung alike twice. By and by, they were printed on single sheets of coarse paper. In country houses they were often pasted on the walls of the bedrooms. Some people felt a little scorn for the ballads be cause they were so simple and unpolished, but Addison said, I cannot, for my Heart, leave a Room before I have thoroughly studied the walls of it, and examined the several printed Papers which are usually pasted upon them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Ballads in Prose written by Eva March Tappan and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Ballad Book written by William Allingham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads And louted low doun on his knee Hail to thee, Mary, Queen of Heaven! For thy peer on earth could never be.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Book of Old Ballads Classic Reprint written by Cora Morton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Book of Old Ballads Unfamiliar words and phrases are explained m the glossary at the end of the book. Many of these are still in common use in England and Scotland, but are defined for the convenience of younger pupils who have not yet discovered them in the writings of Scott, Burns or other masters of English who used dialectal forms. No one to - day can edit a ballad book without acknowledging overwhelming indebtedness to Professor Child. SO far-reaching were his researches and so indisputable were the most of his decisions that all subsequent students in his field have grown accustomed to consult his volumes almost as a dictionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old English Ballads Classic Reprint written by James Pinckney Kinard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old English Ballads U'nlike the earlier collections of ballads, this little vol ume is offered to the public without apology for the poems; they have long since established themselves in the body Of our literature. Many teachers, however, have been unable to put them into the hands Of their pupils for want Of a cheap yet faith ful text, and this edition is offered in the hope of answering such a need. The little trouble necessary for mastering the somewhat antiquated forms Of the language will be amply repaid by the fuller knowledge that will be gained of the real thought and feeling Of our ancestors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old English Ballads and Folk Songs written by William Dallam Armes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old English Ballads and Folk Songs: Selected and Edited Das Volk dichtet on a rational basis. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads of the first (now made generally accessible by the publication by Houghton, Mifilin, and Company of the Cambridge edition under the editorial supervision of Mrs. Helen Child Sargent and Professor Kittredge) and The Beginnings of Poetry (the Macmillan Company) of the second are books that should be owned, read, and reread by every teacher of literature. And to my friend and colleague, Dr. Walter Morris Hart, whose extensive knowledge of ballads and ballad literature en abled him to give me many helpful suggestions, I grate fully express my obligations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Ballads Classic Reprint written by Frank Sidgwick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Ballads The Introduction is an attempt to put before pupils in simple language an explanation of the fundamental difference between popular literature and the other kind. The teacher will easily be able to enlarge on the subject by suggesting parallels, from Homer to nursery rhymes. As to the ballads themselves, they are above all things intended to be learnt by bearti; and I suggest that their strong dramatic qualities enable them to be recited in dramatic form, with narrator or spokesman, and a number of characters according to the personae of each ballad. Some of the longer ones have been divided into parts; or, rather, I have indicated a few points here and there at which the ballad-dramatist drops his curtain with the phrase Let us now leave talking of so-and-so, and raises it again with Let us talk more of some one else. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Ballads in Prose written by Eva March Tappan and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A New Book of Old Ballads Classic Reprint written by James Maidment and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New Book of Old Ballads But when he smiles it's day. Where e're we meet I pant, I colour, sigh, and faint, What lass that would be kind, Can better tell her mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Airs and Ballads Classic Reprint written by John McClure and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Airs and Ballads I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Mr. H. L. Mencken of the Smart Set, which I take pleasure in acknowledging. He has been a very good friend to me indeed, as has his colleague, Mr. George Jean Nathan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Ballads Historical and Narrative Vol 1 of 4 written by Thomas Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, Vol. 1 of 4: With Some of Modern Date Izhope I shall not be charged with a want of gallantry, for leaving out the effusions of Mrs. Robinson, and helemmaria Wil liams I felt n0' tenderness for the feeble productions. Of Jerningham, Ball, Black lock, and a few others; they never deserved a'place in this collection, and even had they possessed more merit than-they can claim, it Inust be admitted that they occupied too large a portion of a work destined to ex bibit the legitimate productions of our early Minstrels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Illustrated British Ballads Old and New Classic Reprint written by George Barnett Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated British Ballads, Old and New Commencement of the eighth century, that he could find no mode of commanding the attention of his townsmen so efficacious as that of standing on the bridge and singing a ballad which he had composed. Certainly the ballads of a nation hold a distinct and important place in its literature, and can be made the vehicle for inculcating the highest morality and the loftiest sentiments. In the early ages of our own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Collection of Old Ballads Vol 3 written by Richard Whittington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Collection of Old Ballads, Vol. 3: Corrected From the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant; With Introductions, Historical and Critical By divers Accidents. My two former Prefaces I wrote in a ludicrous manner; but wou'd willingly take leave of my Readers in a more ferions Stile; I am not very fond of the Title of a Bufl'oon, nor do I think common Civility incon fiftent with an Author or Editor, let his Concern for the fuccefs of his Works be never fo great or fmall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old Ballads Historical and Narrative with Some of Modern Date Collected from Rare Copies and Mss Vol 2 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Thomas Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, With Some of Modern Date, Collected From Rare Copies and Mss, Vol. 2 of 4 The Duke of Cornwall being dead, The father of that gallant queen The king with lust being overlaid, His lawful wife be cast off clean Who with her dear and tender son, For succour did to Cornwall run. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Collection of Old Ballads Vol 2 written by Ambrose Philips and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Collection of Old Ballads, Vol. 2: Corrected From the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant; With Introductions, Historical and Critical Printed for 7. Roberts, and D. Leda/z and fold by y. Brol/zerton in Cornizz'll A. Bette/worm, and 7. Bailey in pater-no er-row; Pemberton in Fleez reet; Woodman in Bow reet, C ovent-gankn and Stag in wq mz'n er-hall. M DCC XXIII. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Old Ballads Historical and Narrative Vol 3 of 4 written by Thomas Evans and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, Vol. 3 of 4: With Some of Modern Date The Lamentable Fall of the Dutchess of Gloucester, Wife to good Duke Humphry, with, the manner of her doing penance in London streets, and of her exile in the Isle of Man, where she ended her days. I once a dutchess was of great renown, My husband near allied to England's crown; The good duke Humphry 'titled was his name, Till fortune frown'd upon his glorious fame. Henry the fifth, that king of gallant race, Of whom my husband claim'd a brother's place; And was protector made of his young son, When princely Henry's thread of life was spun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Vol 1 of 2 written by Thomas Percy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Vol. 1 of 2: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Ports; Together With Some Few of Later Date The greater part of them are extracted from an ancient folio ms. In the Editor's possession, which contains near two hundred Poems, Songs, and Metrical Romances. This manuscript was written about the middle Of the last century; but contains compositions Of all times and dates, from the ages prior to Chaucer, to the conclusion of the reign of Charles I.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
