Author: Robert Chambers

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-02

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780282214852

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Excerpt from The Popular Rhymes of Scotland: With Illustrations, Chiefly Collected From Oral Sources It may seem strange to the uninitiated, and, perhaps, more than strange to the great mass of periodical critics, at present so re markable for their ignorance upon every to pic out of the circle of the Belles Lettres, that many of the popular phrases here ad mitted are not distinguished by any rhyme, or even by the appearance of versification. But this will excite no surprise in those who understand the word rhyme in its extended Scottish sense. 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.

Download or read book The Popular Rhymes of Scotland written by Robert Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Popular Rhymes of Scotland: With Illustrations, Chiefly Collected From Oral Sources It may seem strange to the uninitiated, and, perhaps, more than strange to the great mass of periodical critics, at present so re markable for their ignorance upon every to pic out of the circle of the Belles Lettres, that many of the popular phrases here ad mitted are not distinguished by any rhyme, or even by the appearance of versification. But this will excite no surprise in those who understand the word rhyme in its extended Scottish sense. 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.