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

The two closing stanzas here seem to betray the hand of an English balladist.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

In the former, the balladist treats, with dramatic fire and fine insight into the springs of action, the theme that 'To be wroth with those we love Doth work like madness in the brain.'

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

The balladist and his men and women speak straight to the point, and call a spade a spade.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

Indeed your balladist, like Allan Breck Stewart, was never a bigoted partisan of the law.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John