Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 13Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xi
... editor is not inclined further to follow Mr. Beauford's elaborate paper ; it is sufficient here to refer the curious to it for a musical notation of a keen ascribed to the fifteenth century . But it is " no incurious speculation ...
... editor is not inclined further to follow Mr. Beauford's elaborate paper ; it is sufficient here to refer the curious to it for a musical notation of a keen ascribed to the fifteenth century . But it is " no incurious speculation ...
Page xxv
... editor left Ireland , and with the exception of a short excursion in the sum- mer of 1821 , did not revisit that country until the spring of 1825 , when he made enquiries after Mrs. Harrington . He was told that she had been dead four ...
... editor left Ireland , and with the exception of a short excursion in the sum- mer of 1821 , did not revisit that country until the spring of 1825 , when he made enquiries after Mrs. Harrington . He was told that she had been dead four ...
Page xxvi
... editor subsequently became acquainted with an old man named Murray , who styled himself " a land surveyor and philomath , " and who had some knowledge of the Irish language . - From these oral sources and from three or four manuscripts ...
... editor subsequently became acquainted with an old man named Murray , who styled himself " a land surveyor and philomath , " and who had some knowledge of the Irish language . - From these oral sources and from three or four manuscripts ...
Page xxvii
... editor is indebted to Dr. Lee of Hartwell , to Sir Lucius O'Brien , Bart . , and to Sir William Betham , the present selection of specimens of the keen of the South of Ireland has been made , and is now with some diffidence submitted ...
... editor is indebted to Dr. Lee of Hartwell , to Sir Lucius O'Brien , Bart . , and to Sir William Betham , the present selection of specimens of the keen of the South of Ireland has been made , and is now with some diffidence submitted ...
Page xxx
... editor has seen one of the uniform jackets ) a white coat with green collar , cuffs , and lining , and the buttons of which were of white metal , and bore the arms of France , three fleurs de lys . These troops were paid with French ...
... editor has seen one of the uniform jackets ) a white coat with green collar , cuffs , and lining , and the buttons of which were of white metal , and bore the arms of France , three fleurs de lys . These troops were paid with French ...
Common terms and phrases
Adew appears BALLADS Banshee beauty blacke shepe blessed brother Callanan Carrigaline Castle cold Corpus Christi College county of Cork dark darling dead death dere derlyng Do-well Dublin Dunmanway Earl of Desmond earth Editor Edmond Fitzgerald England's Helicon English eyes fair father feare fire Fraser's Magazine gaol grief hand harp hart hath heart heaven Innisfail Irish Irish poetry John Fitzgerald John Jegon Keating keen keeners Knight of Glin Knight of Kerry knytte lament Leary literally Lord Milesius morning Morty Oge mourning murder never nowght o'er O'Sullivan Bear original Percy Society poem poetry poor priest printed Puxley Rapparees Richard Cox Saxon Say-well shulde knytte sing song sorrow soul South of Ireland Sullivan sweet tears thee Thomas thou translation Twas verses versified voice Walsh weeping wild woman words wounde my flesshe wyll wyll dothe rule Wytte