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

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

So that here at least we have a vague echo of the name of a balladist and of a ballad-air composer.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

Longfellow was, of course, nothing more than a pleasant balladist and a writer of conventional thoughts on rather commonplace themes in reasonably smooth verse.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.

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