 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 Seiten
...given an inaccurate, and somewhat exaggerated account, of the English Minstrels, whom he defined to be an " order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and musie, and sung to the harp the verses which they themselves composed." • The reverend editor of... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1823 - 524 Seiten
...from the first edition in MDCCLXV. AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND. I. THE MINSTRELS (A) were an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and musie, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves, or others.* They also appear to have accompanied... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 Seiten
...chiefly ascribed the metrical compositions on which he desired to fix the attention of the public, as " an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sung to the harp verses composed by themselves or others."* In a very learned and elegant essay upon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 424 Seiten
...chiefly ascribed the metrical compositions on which he desired to fix the attention of the public, as " an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sung to the harp verses composed by themselves or others." * In a very learned and elegant essay upon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 430 Seiten
...chiefly ascribed the metrical compositions on which he desired to fix the attention of the public, as " an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sung to the harp verses composed by themselves or others." l In a very learned and elegant essay upon... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1834 - 418 Seiten
...chiefly ascribed the metrical compositions on which he desired to fix the attention of the public, as " an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sung to the harp verses composed by themselves or others." 1 In a very learned and elegant essay upon... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 Seiten
...given an inaccurate, and somewhat exaggerated account, of the English Minstrels, whom he defined to be an "order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sung to the harp the verses which they themselves composed." The reverend editor of the Rcliques produced... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 Seiten
...given an inaccurate, and somewhat exaggerated account, of the English Minstrels, whom he defined to be an " ord sung to thr harp the verses which they themselves composed." The reverend editor of the Reliques produced... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 Seiten
...Chief CommMuiMr ot UM SoolcbJuryt'oun.-£d.] account of the English MinstreiS, whom he defined to be an "order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sung to [he harp the verses which they themselves composed." The reverend editor of (he Reliques produced... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 Seiten
...hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise is called the minor. MIN'STRELS, Germ, minne, love. A clans of men, in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music. MINT, Sax. mynet, stamped coin. The place where money is coined by public authority. Formerly there... | |
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The Minstrels," says Bishop Percy, " were an order of men in the Middle Ages who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang to to the harp verses composed by themselves and others. 
