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" Corrievrekin, inscribed' to Lady Charlotte Campbell, and published in the third volume of the Border Minstrelsy, which appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth after the two first volumes of that work.1 The opening of this ballad exhibits a power... "
Journal of a Tour in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland in 1800 - Page ix
by John Leyden - 1903 - 318 pages
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Biographical memoirs of eminent ...

Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 pages
...which/ appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth. after the two first volumes of that work.1 Th& opening of this ballad exhibits a power of numbers,...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Nor were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey; for in his passage through Aberdeen,...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4

Walter Scott - 1834 - 436 pages
...the two first volumes of that work.i The opening of this ballad exhibits a power of numbers,which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Nor were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey ; for in his passage through Aberdeen,...
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Exemplary and Instructive Biography: For the Study of Youth

Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers, which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the " Commentaries of Baber," from the Turki...
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The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 8

Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...Min streUy, which appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth after the two first volumes of tha work. The opening of this ballad exhibits a power...sound has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Not were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey ; for in his passage through Aberdeen,...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 864 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the " Commentaries of Baber," from the Turki...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 18

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 268 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the Commentaries of fiaber, from the Turki language,...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Volumes 17-18

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1871 - 530 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the Commentaries of Saber, from the Turki language,...
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Poems and ballads: with a memoir by sir W. Scott, and suppl. by R. White

John Leyden - 1875 - 414 pages
...Minstrelsy," which appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth after the two first volumes of the work.* The opening of this ballad exhibits a power...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Nor were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey ; for in his passage through Aberdeen,...
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The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 16

Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1911 - 324 pages
...Wordsworth's long poems for instance! Sir Walter's dictum that the opening of Leyden's ballad, "The Mermaid," "exhibits a power of numbers, which, for the mere...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry " is true, and might be extended to inclnde many stanzas in the " Scenes of Infancy." Will Sir George...
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The Romantic Movement in English Poetry

Arthur Symons - 1909 - 362 pages
...the ballad of 'The Mermaid,' of which Scott made the extraordinary statement that the opening of it 'exhibits a power of numbers, which, for the mere...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry.' 'Lord Soulis,' a ballad of wizardy, is incomparably finer, and best of all are his Malay poems, the...
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