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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... already levied from the former diocese ° . Douglas was thus excluded from a participation of the emoluments : and , to complete the measure of his disappointments , the abbacy of Aberbro- thock , which he had regarded as secure , was ...
... already levied from the former diocese ° . Douglas was thus excluded from a participation of the emoluments : and , to complete the measure of his disappointments , the abbacy of Aberbro- thock , which he had regarded as secure , was ...
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... already collected , and be confirmed in the possession of the churches of Alyth and Cargil , on condition of yielding to the bishop a certain annual contribution of grain . Such was the mode of establishing prelates in the sixteenth cen ...
... already collected , and be confirmed in the possession of the churches of Alyth and Cargil , on condition of yielding to the bishop a certain annual contribution of grain . Such was the mode of establishing prelates in the sixteenth cen ...
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... was torn from his consecrated shoulders , and he had already be- gun to despair of his life , when Douglas inter- ceded so effectually in his behalf , that they with- 1 held , though with some reluctance , the medi- tated 14.
... was torn from his consecrated shoulders , and he had already be- gun to despair of his life , when Douglas inter- ceded so effectually in his behalf , that they with- 1 held , though with some reluctance , the medi- tated 14.
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... already begun to expect immediate transformation . Yet of my deith I set not half ane fle , For greit effeer me thocht na pane to die ; But sair I dred me for some uther jaip , That Venus suld , throw her subtillitie , Intill sum ...
... already begun to expect immediate transformation . Yet of my deith I set not half ane fle , For greit effeer me thocht na pane to die ; But sair I dred me for some uther jaip , That Venus suld , throw her subtillitie , Intill sum ...
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... already been mentioned , Bellenden is said to have composed a treatise on the Pythagoric letter . Dr Mackenzie proposes to correct Dempster by substituting De * Dempster's words are these : " Obiit Romæ anno , ut puto , 1550. " It must ...
... already been mentioned , Bellenden is said to have composed a treatise on the Pythagoric letter . Dr Mackenzie proposes to correct Dempster by substituting De * Dempster's words are these : " Obiit Romæ anno , ut puto , 1550. " It must ...
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