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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... period than the rules of decorum require . The match , © The Earl of Angus was at that time provost of Edinburgh . From the Records of the Town Conncil , as quoted by Mr Sibbald , it appears that on the thirtieth of September , 1513 ...
... period than the rules of decorum require . The match , © The Earl of Angus was at that time provost of Edinburgh . From the Records of the Town Conncil , as quoted by Mr Sibbald , it appears that on the thirtieth of September , 1513 ...
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... period of life by no means unfavour- able to the exertion of military prowess . With the fortitude incident to a great mind , he sub- mitted to the numerous disappointments and mortifications which thwarted him in the career of ...
... period of life by no means unfavour- able to the exertion of military prowess . With the fortitude incident to a great mind , he sub- mitted to the numerous disappointments and mortifications which thwarted him in the career of ...
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... period he appears to have lived in a state of dignified retirement . Spotswood in- forms us that he " died in a good age " : but Mac- kenzie , I know not on what authority , affirms that he died towards the latter end of the year 1553 ...
... period he appears to have lived in a state of dignified retirement . Spotswood in- forms us that he " died in a good age " : but Mac- kenzie , I know not on what authority , affirms that he died towards the latter end of the year 1553 ...
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... period of his writing . He appears to have survived till the year 1567. On the twenty - second day of February , 1567 , Sir William Stewart was inaugurated in the office . lyon king of arms ' : and Lindsay seems to have retained the ...
... period of his writing . He appears to have survived till the year 1567. On the twenty - second day of February , 1567 , Sir William Stewart was inaugurated in the office . lyon king of arms ' : and Lindsay seems to have retained the ...
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... period which he has specified . Lindsay is known to have satirized the Catholics in a play represented before the court by permission of the king himself and the same obnoxious play was afterwards exhi- bited before the queen regent ...
... period which he has specified . Lindsay is known to have satirized the Catholics in a play represented before the court by permission of the king himself and the same obnoxious play was afterwards exhi- bited before the queen regent ...
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