10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALLADMONGER»
Discover the use of
balladmonger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
balladmonger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rise of the English Street Ballad 1550-1650
The balladmonger could sell the ballads wherever and whenever he liked, thus
supplementing his income. He needed no licence to trade or perform, and he as
an individual was defined only by his ability or inability to perform the text and sell
...
In those days he was known as a balladmonger. "Hey, just leave a little water for
us, Krodha," he said. "Don't tell me that your temper is so hot nowadays that you
need an entire river to cool you down." The balladmonger meant it only as a joke
...
Edited & Compiled by Uma Raman
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Ordeal of Richard Feverel
Clare was asked to entertain the company. The singularchild calmly marched to
theinstrument, andturned over the appropriate illustrations to the balladmonger's
repertory. Clare sanga little Irish air. Her duty done, shemarched from thepiano.
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Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
In contrast, the balladmonger' s activity was merely included in the printing
licence which the publisher had to obtain for each new ballad. The balladmonger
could sell the ballads wherever and whenever he liked, thus supplementing his ...
[The Balladmonger enters.] BALLADMONGER : Election time is here again — so
now the shouting starts. The candidates will love us from the bottom of their
hearts. They'll speechify and preachify with promises galore — But once they're ...
John Courtenay Trewin, 1966
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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son
All deemed the British balladmonger an appropriate interpreter of their emotions.
After good wine, and plenty thereof, fair throats will make men of taste swallow
the British balladmonger. Eyes, lips, hearts ; darts and smarts and sighs ; beauty,
...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Shakspeare, i Hen. IV., iii. i. 130. 1 had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Then one
of these same Meeter Balladmongers. 1756. Wharton, Ess. Pope (1782), 1. vii.
356. Villon was merely apertandinsipid balladmonger. 1778. Sheridan, Rivals, ii.
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Delphi Complete Works of George Meredith (Illustrated):
George Meredith. of the British balladmonger passed into the bosom of the
emptiness he addressed. Clare was asked to entertain the company. The
singular child calmly marchedtothe instrument, and turned over the appropriate ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... consort, correspond, dovetail rhymer n syn POETASTER, balladmonger,
bardlet, bardling, poeticule, poetling, rhymester, verseman, versemonger,
versifier rhymester n syn POETASTER, balladmonger, bardlet, bard- ling,
poeticule, poetling, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
[He bumps into THE BALLADMONGER.] Songs, madame? Do you know the one
my mother — even though she was an unmarried mother — used to sing? [He
sings in a high-pitched voice.] Sleep, my cupid, Sleep, my stupid. Your mummy
so ...
