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" MINSTRELS (A) were an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves, or others... "
The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography ... - Page 162
edited by - 1885
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...«r«t edition in MDCCLXV. [ xxi 3 AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND. I- 1 HE MINSTRELS (A) were an order of men in the middle ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves, or others *. They also appear to have accompanied their songs...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and ..., Volume 1

Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...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...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1823 - 524 pages
...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...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 6

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 pages
...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...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 6

Walter Scott - 1834 - 430 pages
...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...
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Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama

Walter Scott - Chilvary - 1834 - 424 pages
...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...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Essays on chivalry, romance, and ...

Sir Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 418 pages
...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...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...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...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 15

1839 - 534 pages
...who were to administer by their skill to the amusement of their patrons. ' The minstrels,' observes Percy, ' were an order of men in the middle ages who...subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves or others.' They also appear to have accompanied their songs...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 15-16

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 1032 pages
...who were to administer by their skill to the amusement of their patrons. 'The minstrels,' observes Percy, 'were an order of men in the middle ages who...subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves or others." They also appear to have accompanied their songs...
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