The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Volumen2Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 - 506 páginas |
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... languages . Yet after every requisite indulgence is granted , the intrinsic beauty of his compositions will not fail of excit- ing the admiration of those whom a previous knowledge of the Scotish dialect has constituted judges . His ...
... languages . Yet after every requisite indulgence is granted , the intrinsic beauty of his compositions will not fail of excit- ing the admiration of those whom a previous knowledge of the Scotish dialect has constituted judges . His ...
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... he denominates the chief of clerks . Of the Latin language his knowledge was undoubt- edly extensive and as he has informed us that Lord Sinclair requested him to translate Homer , we may conclude that he was also acquainted with Greek 26.
... he denominates the chief of clerks . Of the Latin language his knowledge was undoubt- edly extensive and as he has informed us that Lord Sinclair requested him to translate Homer , we may conclude that he was also acquainted with Greek 26.
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... language is generally remote from that of the English poets . But he has imported many exo- tic terms from another quarter ; his familiarity with the Latin authors betrays itself in almost every page of his writings . His verses ...
... language is generally remote from that of the English poets . But he has imported many exo- tic terms from another quarter ; his familiarity with the Latin authors betrays itself in almost every page of his writings . His verses ...
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... lustie levis grene ; So fair , so fresche , so liklie to endure , And als so blyth as bird in symmer schene . s Tyrwhitt's Essay on the Language and Versification of Chaucer , p . 91 . For wes he never yit with schouris schot , Nor 28.
... lustie levis grene ; So fair , so fresche , so liklie to endure , And als so blyth as bird in symmer schene . s Tyrwhitt's Essay on the Language and Versification of Chaucer , p . 91 . For wes he never yit with schouris schot , Nor 28.
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... language remained altogether unfix- ed and imperfect for the space of nearly two cen- t Historia Ecclesiastica Carmine Elegiaco concinnata , authore Thoma Hobbio Malmesburiensi . Opus posthumum . Augustæ Trinobantum , 1688 , 8vo ...
... language remained altogether unfix- ed and imperfect for the space of nearly two cen- t Historia Ecclesiastica Carmine Elegiaco concinnata , authore Thoma Hobbio Malmesburiensi . Opus posthumum . Augustæ Trinobantum , 1688 , 8vo ...
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Página 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...
Página 498 - Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted ; Five scimitars wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled ; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o...
Página 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...
Página 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
Página 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?
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Página 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?
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 107 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green...