Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... admired both for its fidelity and spirit . To each book an original prologue is prefixed ; some of which are highly extolled by Warton , who has given a prose version of one or two of them in mo- dern English , though the Scotch of both ...
... admired both for its fidelity and spirit . To each book an original prologue is prefixed ; some of which are highly extolled by Warton , who has given a prose version of one or two of them in mo- dern English , though the Scotch of both ...
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... admiration of any literary performance , the phrase is , - " Ye'll find words there that's no in a ' Davie Lindsay ! " The Lord Lyon died at the Mount , near Cupar , in 1553. His credit at court decreased after the death of his royal ...
... admiration of any literary performance , the phrase is , - " Ye'll find words there that's no in a ' Davie Lindsay ! " The Lord Lyon died at the Mount , near Cupar , in 1553. His credit at court decreased after the death of his royal ...
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... admiration and delight , has been grievously demolished of late by one of those lovers of accuracy in dates and matters of fact , who appear to have a malicious pleasure in setting folks right on small points of chronology and ...
... admiration and delight , has been grievously demolished of late by one of those lovers of accuracy in dates and matters of fact , who appear to have a malicious pleasure in setting folks right on small points of chronology and ...
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... admired and emulated - the paladins of the age when love and arms went hand in hand . In this campaign he still amused his leisure , or beguiled the lan- guor of absence , by pouring forth " ditties highly penned " to his distant ...
... admired and emulated - the paladins of the age when love and arms went hand in hand . In this campaign he still amused his leisure , or beguiled the lan- guor of absence , by pouring forth " ditties highly penned " to his distant ...
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... gentleman , —one of those rare and happy persons who come into the world once in a century to unite the suffrages of mankind in one spontaneous feel- ing of love and admiration . Though his character was 142 SYDNEY . SIR PHILIP SYDNEY.
... gentleman , —one of those rare and happy persons who come into the world once in a century to unite the suffrages of mankind in one spontaneous feel- ing of love and admiration . Though his character was 142 SYDNEY . SIR PHILIP SYDNEY.
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