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Excerpt from The Spindle-Side of Scottish Song
But such tongue-tied cadences as these are at the best grotesque and disturbing, and the finest song is that which glides in satisfying smoothness and clarity along the channels of speech. Scottish song, in spite Of the rugged character Of the Doric, is peculiarly rich in such perfect speci mens; and the effusions Of the songstresses of the nation are bright examples of combined delicacy and strength in the union of imagination and ex pression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
