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
Always frugal in the employment of ornament in his text, the balladist never troubled to invent when he found a descriptive phrase or figure made and lying ready to his hand.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
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 John Geddie
The true balladist is never introspective; he is concerned not with himself but with his story.
From The Book of Old English Ballads by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Indeed your balladist, like Allan Breck Stewart, was never a bigoted partisan of the law.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
