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A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. Beers
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[30] "Sweet William's Ghost."

[31] "The Forsaken Bride." _Cf._ Chaucer:

"Love is noght old as when that it is newe."
--_Clerkes Tale._

[32] What character so popular as a wild prince--like Prince Hal--who
breaks his own laws, and the heads of his own people, in a democratic way?

[33] "Robin Hood and the Monk."

[34] For a complete exposure of David Mallet's impudent claim to the
authorship of this ballad, see Appendix II. to Professor Phelps' "English
Romantic Movement."

[35] "Life of Addison."

[36] Preface to second edition of the "Lyrical Ballads."

[37] "Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript" (1867), Vol. II. Introductory
Essay by J. W. Hales on "The Revival of Ballad Poetry in the Eighteenth
Century."

[38] _Ibid._

[39] "Advertisement to the Fourth Edition."

[40] In four volumes, 1867-68.
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