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Title: The pictorial book of ancient ballad poetry of Great Britain, historical, traditional, and romantic: to which are added, a selection of modern imitations, and some translations
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph S., ed. (from old catalog)
Subjects: English ballads and songs
Publisher: London, H. Washbourne & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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J This uailad was written by Dr. Percy, afterwards Bishop01 Dromore in Ireland; a poet and a man of taste, saysSir Walter Scott, ( Minstrelsy, i. 44, &c.,) * who, com-manding access to the individuals and institutions whichcould best afford him materials for executing the task ofcollecting and illustrating ancient popular poetry,g ave thepublic the result of his researches in a work entitledReliques of Ancient English Poetry, (London, 1765); awork which must always be held among the first of its classin point of merit, and which the taste with which the mate-\\ rials were chosen, the extreme felicity with which they were\ V illustrated, the display at once of antiquarian knowledgeand classical reading which the collection indicated, renderit difficult to imitate, and impossible to excel. How deeplyindebted to the learned and amiable prelates, work thepresent collection is, the reader of it does not require to bereminded. It was not merely as a collector and illustrator,however, a

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