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... achievement ; and it would be generally agreed that the street - ballad of the eighteenth century is a sadly degenerate relative of those ballads of the Anglo - Scottish border which we think of as the classics of this form . One can ...
... achievement ; and it would be generally agreed that the street - ballad of the eighteenth century is a sadly degenerate relative of those ballads of the Anglo - Scottish border which we think of as the classics of this form . One can ...
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... achievement of ' A Morning Piece , Or an hymn for the hay - makers ' ( p . 87 ) can best be seen by comparing it with John Cunningham's ' Morning ' ( p . 103 ) . Cunningham's poem is delightful : fresh , uncluttered , authenticating ...
... achievement of ' A Morning Piece , Or an hymn for the hay - makers ' ( p . 87 ) can best be seen by comparing it with John Cunningham's ' Morning ' ( p . 103 ) . Cunningham's poem is delightful : fresh , uncluttered , authenticating ...
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... achievement with these techniques inevitably , and quite properly , bulks large ; the more narrowly focussed concern of this collection permits us to represent him by pieces in which he is plain and forceful . If this means that his ...
... achievement with these techniques inevitably , and quite properly , bulks large ; the more narrowly focussed concern of this collection permits us to represent him by pieces in which he is plain and forceful . If this means that his ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
EOGHAN RUADH O SUILLEBHAIN | 130 |
WILLIAM BLAKE 17571827 | 137 |
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