...Mr. Quiller-Couch simplifies the question by adopting Professor Ker's definition : ' A Ballad is 27te Milldams of ' Binnorie and Sir Patrick Spens and The Douglas Tragedy ' and Lord Eandal and Childe Maurice and things of that sort,' but he does not thereby greatly elucidate what...

...are concerned Mr. Quiller-Couch simplifies the question by adopting Professor Ker's definition : ' A Ballad is The Milldams of ' Binnorie and Sir Patrick...Randal and Childe Maurice and things of that sort,' but he does not thereby greatly elucidate what lies beneath ' the Idea, a Poetical Form, which can...

...WOOD 356 BESSIE BELL AND MARY GRAY 362 GLOSSARY 365 INDEX OF FIRST LINES 373 " 'What is a ballad?' — 'A ballad is The Milldams of Binnorie and Sir Patrick Spens and The Duglas Tragedy and Lord Randal and Childe Maurice, and things of that sort.' " — WP KER, On the History...

...few skeleton plots and a handful of striking phrases. Among the best remembered would be The MUldams of Binnorie and Sir Patrick Spens and The Douglas Tragedy and Lord Randal and Childe Maurice; those, at any rate, are the five names which came first to Professor Ker's mind in answer to the question,...

...spite of Socrates and his logic we may venture to say, in answer to the question 'What is a ballad?'— 'A Ballad is "The Milldams of Binnorie" and "Sir Patrick...Randal" and "Childe Maurice," and things of that sort.' " That greatest of anthologists, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, quotes these remarks of Professor Ker in...

...venture to say, in answer to the question " What is a ballad ? " "A ballad is ' The Milldams of Binnore ' and ' Sir Patrick Spens ' and ' The Douglas Tragedy...' and ' Childe Maurice,' and things of that sort." Sir Arthur Ouiller-Couch quotes this passage in his Preface to the fine collection, "The Oxford Book...

...Socrates and his logic we may venture to answer the question ' what is a ballad ? ' by saying — ' Ballad is the Milldams of Binnorie and Sir Patrick Spens and The Douglas Tragedy and Lord Randal zn& Childe Maurice and things of that sort.' " But a more hopeful approach to the subject than either...

...Knight's method may fall to be considered later : Professor Ker said : " A ballad is The Milldatns of Binnorie and Sir Patrick Spens and The Douglas...Randal and Childe Maurice, and things of that sort." Very well : the boys' secondary day school is St. Paul's and Merchant Taylors' and George Green's School,...

...to say, in answer to the question " What is a ballad ? "— " A ballad is Ike Milldams of Binnorie 1 and Sir Patrick Spens and The Douglas Tragedy and Lord Randal and Child Maurice, and things of that sort." It is not a narrative poem only ; it is a narrative poem lyrical...