The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Том 2Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 - 506 страница |
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... remarkable testament . This 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 ...
... remarkable testament . This 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 ...
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... remarkable vi- sion . He fancies himself conveyed into a dreary forest bordering on a hideous flood . My rauist spreit on that desert terribill Approchit near that uglie flude horribill , Like till Cochyte the river infernall , With ...
... remarkable vi- sion . He fancies himself conveyed into a dreary forest bordering on a hideous flood . My rauist spreit on that desert terribill Approchit near that uglie flude horribill , Like till Cochyte the river infernall , With ...
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... remarkable man- ner . The only access to the garden is by a single tree laid across the ditch . The nymph imme- diately passes this slender bridge : but in attempt- ing to follow her , the poet becomes giddy and falls headlong into the ...
... remarkable man- ner . The only access to the garden is by a single tree laid across the ditch . The nymph imme- diately passes this slender bridge : but in attempt- ing to follow her , the poet becomes giddy and falls headlong into the ...
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... remarkable affinity . If it can be evinced that a striking resemblance prevails be- tween those two compositions and the work of Florence Wilson , it seems more safe to con- clude that he imitated Cebes rather than Doug- las . Wilson's ...
... remarkable affinity . If it can be evinced that a striking resemblance prevails be- tween those two compositions and the work of Florence Wilson , it seems more safe to con- clude that he imitated Cebes rather than Doug- las . Wilson's ...
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... remarkable events recorded by Moses , and of the progress of the Assyrian , Persian , Grecian , and Roman em- pires , he next proceeds to treat of the spiritual monarchy of the pope . Against the corruptions of the church of Rome he ...
... remarkable events recorded by Moses , and of the progress of the Assyrian , Persian , Grecian , and Roman em- pires , he next proceeds to treat of the spiritual monarchy of the pope . Against the corruptions of the church of Rome he ...
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