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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... composition of his dialogue , or , as it is commonly termed , The Monarchie . Com- puting the probable duration of the world , he reckons , according to the vulgar calculation , five thousand five hundred and fifty - three years from ...
... composition of his dialogue , or , as it is commonly termed , The Monarchie . Com- puting the probable duration of the world , he reckons , according to the vulgar calculation , five thousand five hundred and fifty - three years from ...
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... composition never existed , we may spare ourselves the labour of forming conjectures with regard to its nature . Dr Mackenzie asserts that he was the author of a history of Scotland ; and , for this statement , quotes the authority of ...
... composition never existed , we may spare ourselves the labour of forming conjectures with regard to its nature . Dr Mackenzie asserts that he was the author of a history of Scotland ; and , for this statement , quotes the authority of ...
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... composition which can be cited as uniformly poetical : but his various learning , his good sense , his perfect knowledge of courts and of the world , the facility of his versi- fication , and , above all , his peculiar talent of ...
... composition which can be cited as uniformly poetical : but his various learning , his good sense , his perfect knowledge of courts and of the world , the facility of his versi- fication , and , above all , his peculiar talent of ...
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... subjoined . The same li- brary contains another unpublished composition of Woodward's , entit- led Prince Henry bis Life , Death , and Funeralles . This biographical sketch is in prose . the æra at which he flourished ; and he may 110.
... subjoined . The same li- brary contains another unpublished composition of Woodward's , entit- led Prince Henry bis Life , Death , and Funeralles . This biographical sketch is in prose . the æra at which he flourished ; and he may 110.
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... composition . The following quotation will perhaps support this decision : From time thay enterit war into the feild , Full womanlie they weildit speir and scheild , And wichtlie waiuit in the wind thair heillis , Hobland like cadgeris ...
... composition . The following quotation will perhaps support this decision : From time thay enterit war into the feild , Full womanlie they weildit speir and scheild , And wichtlie waiuit in the wind thair heillis , Hobland like cadgeris ...
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