balladist
Example Sentences
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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.
From Time Magazine Archive
More of More Hall was nothing at all For a balladist to brag on, Compared with our Knight of the Watering Pot— If he'll slay our River Dragon!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various
As the balladist has vigorously put it— He took a long spear in his hand, Shod with the metal free, And for to meet the Douglas there, He rode right furiouslie.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
Thirty years ago blue china was a kind of fetish in some circles, aesthetic circles, of which the balladist was not a member.
From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew
This unknown balladist was Mr. Henley; perhaps he was the first Englishman who ever burst into a double ballade, and his translations of two of Villon's ballades into modern thieves' slang were marvels of dexterity.
From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew
