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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... merit , which in his native country had only procured him envy , was here rewarded by the grant of a liberal pension " . Various acts of mu- nificence evinced this monarch a patron of lite- rature and it is with some justice that ...
... merit , which in his native country had only procured him envy , was here rewarded by the grant of a liberal pension " . Various acts of mu- nificence evinced this monarch a patron of lite- rature and it is with some justice that ...
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... merit and a comparative estimate must be formed of the characters of dif- ferent ages , nations , and languages . Yet after every requisite indulgence is granted , the intrinsic beauty of his compositions will not fail of excit- ing the ...
... merit and a comparative estimate must be formed of the characters of dif- ferent ages , nations , and languages . Yet after every requisite indulgence is granted , the intrinsic beauty of his compositions will not fail of excit- ing the ...
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... merit of such a performance cannot be as- certained by the inspection of a few detached passages . It may however be proper to exhibit a brief specimen ; which the reader , without being previously warned , will find himself disposed to ...
... merit of such a performance cannot be as- certained by the inspection of a few detached passages . It may however be proper to exhibit a brief specimen ; which the reader , without being previously warned , will find himself disposed to ...
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... - nally indebted to the opinions he professed , no less than to his poetical merit " . m Ellis , Hist . Sketch of English Poetry , vol . ii . p . 21 . VOL . II . N His Dialog of the Miserabill Estait of this Warld is 97.
... - nally indebted to the opinions he professed , no less than to his poetical merit " . m Ellis , Hist . Sketch of English Poetry , vol . ii . p . 21 . VOL . II . N His Dialog of the Miserabill Estait of this Warld is 97.
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... merit . The poet is next gratified with a distant view of his native land . He expresses his astonishment that a country possest of such natural advantages , and inhabited by so ingenious a race of men , should still continue in a ...
... merit . The poet is next gratified with a distant view of his native land . He expresses his astonishment that a country possest of such natural advantages , and inhabited by so ingenious a race of men , should still continue in a ...
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