Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, Том 1T. Boys, 1821 |
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... merit . Pinkerton , a writer extremely penurious of encomium , says , that the King's Quair , of the beau- ties of which the extracts I have made may have given some idea , equals any thing Chaucer has writ- ten ; and Mr. Ellis , that ...
... merit . Pinkerton , a writer extremely penurious of encomium , says , that the King's Quair , of the beau- ties of which the extracts I have made may have given some idea , equals any thing Chaucer has writ- ten ; and Mr. Ellis , that ...
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... merits I have been humbly endeavouring to lay before you . A writer more free from impurities of thought and expression , abounding more in fine and deli- cate feeling , even modern times cannot shew . To speak of this feature in the ...
... merits I have been humbly endeavouring to lay before you . A writer more free from impurities of thought and expression , abounding more in fine and deli- cate feeling , even modern times cannot shew . To speak of this feature in the ...
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Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots. acuteness and ability . Of its merits , Lord W. speaks with the modesty of a second parent ; and yet the restorer of so admirable a poem well deserves to have his opinion of it remembered . He ...
Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots. acuteness and ability . Of its merits , Lord W. speaks with the modesty of a second parent ; and yet the restorer of so admirable a poem well deserves to have his opinion of it remembered . He ...
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... merit ; I allude to his claim to be regarded as the inventor of that exquisite style of music , for which our native country is so justly cele- brated and admired . The historical evidence on the subject is certainly not the most ample ...
... merit ; I allude to his claim to be regarded as the inventor of that exquisite style of music , for which our native country is so justly cele- brated and admired . The historical evidence on the subject is certainly not the most ample ...
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... merits of our early poets , says , that " Barbour adorned the English language by a strain of versifi- cation , expression , and poetical images , far superior to the age . " And to these authorities may be added that of Dr. Irving ...
... merits of our early poets , says , that " Barbour adorned the English language by a strain of versifi- cation , expression , and poetical images , far superior to the age . " And to these authorities may be added that of Dr. Irving ...
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Страница 154 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy impart.
Страница 161 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Страница 166 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Страница 145 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Страница 159 - Swimmer, and rigorously abstinent; but, said Savage, he knows not any love but that of the sex; he was perhaps never in cold water in his life; and he indulges himself in all the luxury that comes within his reach.
Страница 158 - Sir William Wallace. Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a...
Страница 166 - Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
Страница 162 - As a writer, he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind: his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley.
Страница 166 - MORTAL MAN, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loose life, unruly passions, and diseases pale.
Страница 166 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow, and locked embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder ; But oh!