The Ballad Minstrelsy of Scotland: Romantic and Historical, Collated and Annotated (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 2015/07/19 - 698 ページ Excerpt from The Ballad Minstrelsy of Scotland: Romantic and Historical, Collated and Annotated Ballads may therefore be reasonably regarded as the earlier nay, probably, as the very earliest, form of literary composition, and more especially as the earliest expression Of the Historic Muse; an Opinion eloquently set forth and amply illustrated by Lord Macaulay, in the preface to his Lays of Ancient Rome. The same, or a similar Opinion, appears to have commended itself to other distinguished writers and scholars, as the following quotations indicate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
