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 balladist is thus responsible for a scandal against the fair sisterhood; there was no “Mary Hamilton,” and no “Mary Carmichael,” in their number—Beaton, Seton, Fleming, and Livingstone.
From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew
The two closing stanzas here seem to betray the hand of an English balladist.
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
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
The balladist finely represents him as saying— My hands are tied, but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow?
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
