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The beauties of external nature he seems to have surveyed with the eyes of a
poet ; the various aspects of human life with those of a philosopher . Our attention
is alternately attracted by picturesque descriptions of material objects , and by ...
The beauties of external nature he seems to have surveyed with the eyes of a
poet ; the various aspects of human life with those of a philosopher . Our attention
is alternately attracted by picturesque descriptions of material objects , and by ...
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Early in a morning of May , the poet enters a most delightful garden , where he
falls into a swoon , and is presented with a remarkable vi . . sion . He fancies
himself conveyed into a dreary forest bordering on a hideous flood . My rauist
spreit on ...
Early in a morning of May , the poet enters a most delightful garden , where he
falls into a swoon , and is presented with a remarkable vi . . sion . He fancies
himself conveyed into a dreary forest bordering on a hideous flood . My rauist
spreit on ...
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The poet now betakes himself to a thick covert , from which he discovers Actæon
pursued by his own dogs , and the court of Diana following at a small distance .
The goddess herself is mounted on an elephant , and only attended by the pure ...
The poet now betakes himself to a thick covert , from which he discovers Actæon
pursued by his own dogs , and the court of Diana following at a small distance .
The goddess herself is mounted on an elephant , and only attended by the pure ...
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... But quhilk na thing may heir , as wise men leiris , : Like as but licht thair is
nathing that seis . When a man , says the poet , is deprest with me . lancholy ,
pleasure itself is converted into pain : and thus the melody which flowed in so
heavenly ...
... But quhilk na thing may heir , as wise men leiris , : Like as but licht thair is
nathing that seis . When a man , says the poet , is deprest with me . lancholy ,
pleasure itself is converted into pain : and thus the melody which flowed in so
heavenly ...
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Homer is the only Greek poet enumerated among the attend , ants of the Muses ;
but I With respect to the genealogy of the Muses , all the editions which I have
seen contain a very ludicrous error : Thespis , the mother of Musis nine . Douglas
...
Homer is the only Greek poet enumerated among the attend , ants of the Muses ;
but I With respect to the genealogy of the Muses , all the editions which I have
seen contain a very ludicrous error : Thespis , the mother of Musis nine . Douglas
...
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| Наслов | The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Том 2 The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, David Irving |
| Аутор | David Irving |
| Издавач | Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет Харвард |
| Дигитализовано | 18 јан 2008 |
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