The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem |
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... favour , by the success of the first edition of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . The second edition of that work , published in 1803 , proved , ( 9 ) in the language of the trade , rather a heavy INTRODUCTION ...
... favour , by the success of the first edition of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . The second edition of that work , published in 1803 , proved , ( 9 ) in the language of the trade , rather a heavy INTRODUCTION ...
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... Border lore ; among others , an aged gentleman of property , 2 near Langholm , communicated to her ladyship the story of Gilpin Hor- ner , a tradition in which the narrator , and many more of that country , were firm believers . The ...
... Border lore ; among others , an aged gentleman of property , 2 near Langholm , communicated to her ladyship the story of Gilpin Hor- ner , a tradition in which the narrator , and many more of that country , were firm believers . The ...
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... Borders of England and Scotland . The inhabitants , living in a state partly pastoral , and partly warlike , and combining habits of constant de- predation with the influence of a rude spirit of chiv- alry , were often engaged in scenes ...
... Borders of England and Scotland . The inhabitants , living in a state partly pastoral , and partly warlike , and combining habits of constant de- predation with the influence of a rude spirit of chiv- alry , were often engaged in scenes ...
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... Border chivalry ; For , welladay ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppress'd , Wish'd to be with them , and at rest . No more on prancing palfrey borne , He caroll'd , light as lark at ...
... Border chivalry ; For , welladay ! their date was fled , His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he , neglected and oppress'd , Wish'd to be with them , and at rest . No more on prancing palfrey borne , He caroll'd , light as lark at ...
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... Border Minstrelsy . ' Upon the mar- riage of James IV . with Margaret , sister of Henry VIII . , the Castle of Newark , with the whole Forest of Ettricke , was assigned to her as a part of her jointure lands . But of this she could make ...
... Border Minstrelsy . ' Upon the mar- riage of James IV . with Margaret , sister of Henry VIII . , the Castle of Newark , with the whole Forest of Ettricke , was assigned to her as a part of her jointure lands . But of this she could make ...
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ancient Appendix arms band Bard Baron beneath betwixt blaze blood blood-hound Border Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's Buccleuch called CANTO castle chapel Clair clan courser Cranstoun Cumberland Dame dead death Douglas dread Duke Earl English Eskdale Ettrick Ettrick Forest fair on Carlisle fight friends Froissart hall hand Harden harp Hawick head heard heart highnes horse Howard James Jedburgh King knight Ladye lances lands LAST MINSTREL Liddesdale Lord Dacre Margaret Melrose Melrose Abbey Michael Scott Mickledale Minstrelsy moss-trooper Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er noble Note o'er pass'd poem pray'd ride rode Roslin round rung sayd Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border Seem'd shulde Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott Sir William slain song spear spirit steed stone stood sword Teviot's Teviotdale thee theyre Thomas Musgrave thou Tinlinn tomb tower tyme Virgilius Walter Scott warriors wild William of Deloraine wound