The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Zväzok 2Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 - 506 strán (strany) |
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Strana 17
... composition to which they , as well as Dempster " , allude , is the identical sum- mary quoted by Polydore Virgil . While he was thus employed in vindicating what he deemed the honour of his native country , a process was in his absence ...
... composition to which they , as well as Dempster " , allude , is the identical sum- mary quoted by Polydore Virgil . While he was thus employed in vindicating what he deemed the honour of his native country , a process was in his absence ...
Strana 25
... compositions will not fail of excit- ing the admiration of those whom a previous knowledge of the Scotish dialect has constituted judges . His writings present us with constant vestiges of a prolific and even exuberant imagi- nation ...
... compositions will not fail of excit- ing the admiration of those whom a previous knowledge of the Scotish dialect has constituted judges . His writings present us with constant vestiges of a prolific and even exuberant imagi- nation ...
Strana 35
... composition may remind the reader of the general plan of Phineas Fletcher's Purple Island ; a work which exhibits a striking exam- ple of the misapplication of fine poetical talents . Yet that Douglas and Fletcher should have adopt- ed ...
... composition may remind the reader of the general plan of Phineas Fletcher's Purple Island ; a work which exhibits a striking exam- ple of the misapplication of fine poetical talents . Yet that Douglas and Fletcher should have adopt- ed ...
Strana 36
... composition . Even among the writers of the present æra , the rules of Eng- lish grammar seem to be too little ... compositions of 36.
... composition . Even among the writers of the present æra , the rules of Eng- lish grammar seem to be too little ... compositions of 36.
Strana 37
... compositions of the same writer might be obnoxious to different contingences , some might happen to receive more material injury than others , Douglas was himself aware of the dimi nution which his reputation might possibly sus- tain ...
... compositions of the same writer might be obnoxious to different contingences , some might happen to receive more material injury than others , Douglas was himself aware of the dimi nution which his reputation might possibly sus- tain ...
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Strana 491 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek ; With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak : Weel pleased the mother hears it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi...
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Strana 491 - I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare : — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale...
Strana 497 - Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a
Strana 499 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Strana 45 - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
Strana 492 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart A wretch! a villain! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth?
Strana 455 - I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power ; I thought they had merit ; and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears...
Strana 107 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and, as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
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