The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and ModernJohn Ross Edinburgh Publishing Company, 1878 - 760 страница |
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... poem produced during the early part of the fifteenth century . Neither Barbour nor Wyntoun makes any reference to Chaucer or any other English writer ; and although James I. acknowledges both Chaucer and Gower as his masters , yet he ...
... poem produced during the early part of the fifteenth century . Neither Barbour nor Wyntoun makes any reference to Chaucer or any other English writer ; and although James I. acknowledges both Chaucer and Gower as his masters , yet he ...
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... poets of the class to whom political patronage or countenance was a necessity , became extinct , or followed their patrons over the border . But the beginning of the eighteenth century intro- duced a new order of poets , to whom the ...
... poets of the class to whom political patronage or countenance was a necessity , became extinct , or followed their patrons over the border . But the beginning of the eighteenth century intro- duced a new order of poets , to whom the ...
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... poetic elements such as are rarely combined in one individual ; and this is the key to the fact , that , almost over all the world , he is the greatest definer ... POEMS AND POETS . ANCIENT SECTION . 1250-1707 . HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . 9.
... poetic elements such as are rarely combined in one individual ; and this is the key to the fact , that , almost over all the world , he is the greatest definer ... POEMS AND POETS . ANCIENT SECTION . 1250-1707 . HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... poets of France , Germany , Denmark , and Iceland , before the time of Thomas ; and in 1821 a German professor , in a work on the literature of the Middle Ages , has produced a Greek poem on the Knights of the Round Table , of which Sir ...
... poets of France , Germany , Denmark , and Iceland , before the time of Thomas ; and in 1821 a German professor , in a work on the literature of the Middle Ages , has produced a Greek poem on the Knights of the Round Table , of which Sir ...
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... poem bearing the same title . Dr Irving objects to this assumption , on the ground that both Wyntoun and Huchowne , in quoting the name Hugh , spell it Hew ; yet he is disposed to follow Chalmers , who thinks there cannot be any doubt ...
... poem bearing the same title . Dr Irving objects to this assumption , on the ground that both Wyntoun and Huchowne , in quoting the name Hugh , spell it Hew ; yet he is disposed to follow Chalmers , who thinks there cannot be any doubt ...
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Allan Ramsay appeared auld baith beauty birks of Aberfeldy blaw bonnie braes busk cauld court Dame dear death delight dread Edinburgh edition fair fame father flowers frae friar Gavin Douglas grace green gude hame hand hast hear heard heart heaven honour ilka James king lady land lassie literary live Lord lordis mair maist maun meikle mind mony muse ne'er never night nought o'er pain poems poet poetical poetry published queen quoth Robin Gray Saint Serf Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish literature sing song soon sorrow soul stream sweet Syne thee thing thir Thomas the Rhymer thou thought Timor mortis conturbat tion took Tristrem trow unto weel Whilk wife wind withouten wonder young youth
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