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title: 'The Boy’s Percy: Being Old Ballads of War, Adventure and Love from Bishop Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Sidney Clopton Lanier, Sr.'
date: 1882-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Literature'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms'
- 'Song of Solomon'
- 'Joshua'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lanier-1882-the-boys-percy-being-old-ballads-of-war-adventure-and-love-from-bishop-thomas-percys-reliques-of-ancient-english-poetry
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# The Boy’s Percy: Being Old Ballads of War, Adventure and Love from Bishop Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

Introduction to The Boy's Percy (1882), an edited anthology of Thomas Percy's ancient English ballads for boys. Discusses Percy's literary influence and ballad examples.

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