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Excerpt from Criminal Trials, Illustrative of the Tale Entitled "the Heart of Mid-Lothian, " Published From the Original Record: With a Prefatory Notice, Including Some Particular of the Life of Captain John PorteousJohn Porteous, (says his biographer, ) one of the Captainsof the cityguard of Edinburgh was son to Stephen Porteous, a tailor in Canongate. The father had a fair character in his employment, and was esteemed a good honest man, in t...

Excerpt from A Ballad Book, Vol. 1: Or Popular and Romantic Ballads and Songs Current in Annandale and Other Parts of ScotlandHE collection of Ballads here reprinted is well known by name to all lovers of this class of Ancient Poetry, but the book itself can have been seen by few. Privately printed in 1824 for distribution among the Editor's friends, only thirty copies issued from the press, and, of these, half at least have found a permanent ...

Excerpt from A Ballad Book, Vol. 1: Or Popular and Romantic Ballads and Songs Current in Annandale and Other Parts of ScotlandHE collection of Ballads here reprinted is well known by name to all lovers of this class of Ancient Poetry, but the book itself can have been seen by few. Privately printed in 1824 for distribution among the Editor's friends, only thirty copies issued from the press, and, of these, half at least have found a permanent ...

Excerpt from A Ballad Book, Vol. 2: Or, Popular and Romantic Ballads and Songs Current in Annandale and Other Parts of ScotlandHe hath taken her by the left shoulder, Says, Dame, where lies thy dowry? Oh, it's east and west yon wan water side, And it's down by the banks of the Airlie.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an...

Excerpt from Metrical Legends, and Other PoemsQuante mormoro mai profane note Te¿'ala Maga con la bocca immonda Clo, chc arre¿ar puo le celefii rote, E l'ombre trar della prigion profonda, Sapca ben tutto e pur optar non puote, Che almen l'inferno 211 {no parlar rifponda.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important hi...

Excerpt from A Historical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in ScotlandThe present volume is that introduction, and is issued as sent out by Mr. Sharpe, only in some articulars the arrangement is slightly altered. N the original the page was a large quarto, per mitting in several instances of extensive footnotes. These, as unsuitable for the present size of page, and as detracting from the continuity of the narrative, have, when it could be ...

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Excerpt from Letters From and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Vol. 1 of 2 In the selection and arrangement of the letters, very considerable difficulties had to be encountered. By far the greater number were undated, and many presented no references by which the dates might be accurately fixed. Not a few had found their way into covers evidently belonging to other letters, thereby increasing a confusion already chaotic. By exercising considera...

Excerpt from Letters From and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Vol. 2 of 2 From the Margravine of Anspach. Brandenburg House, Dec. 28, 1812, F rom Alexander Sinclair, Esq. Edinburgh, J eu. 19, 1813. 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 di...

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Excerpt from A Ballad Book In an old scrap-book Mr Sharpe had been in the habit of pasting the stray notes on ballads and letters relating to them which he received from time to time from Sir Walter Scott. It was Mr Laing's wish that these scraps should be made public, as an illustration of the intercourse that went on between the two collectors. AS none of Scott's letters are dated, there has been considerable difficulty in determining the t...

Ballads of Books - Or, Popular and Romantic Ballads and Songs Current in Annandale and... is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists...

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