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
Indeed your balladist, like Allan Breck Stewart, was never a bigoted partisan of the law.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
The picture drawn by the balladist is graphic in the extreme.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
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 Geddie, John
A Czech balladist describes two chieftains travelling towards the sunrise, with mountains to the right and to the left, on whose summit stands the dawn.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
