The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint) written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 8 Ballads Of this description are peculiarly liable to interpolation and debasement, and there are two passages, each occurring in sev eral versions, which we may, without strain ing, set down to some plebeian improver. 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.