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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... contains a general complaint of his unre- quited attendance at court . Mackenzie might have discovered a more appropriate passage : Bot I , allace ! or euer I wist , Was trampit doun into the dust , With heuy charge withoutin moir ; Bot ...
... contains a general complaint of his unre- quited attendance at court . Mackenzie might have discovered a more appropriate passage : Bot I , allace ! or euer I wist , Was trampit doun into the dust , With heuy charge withoutin moir ; Bot ...
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... contains a miscellaneous col- lection of blazonings , apparently executed by Lindsay's own hand . The volume has no title- page ; but the subsequent inscription ascertains its author : M 2 91 thir authors as after follow; to wit ...
... contains a miscellaneous col- lection of blazonings , apparently executed by Lindsay's own hand . The volume has no title- page ; but the subsequent inscription ascertains its author : M 2 91 thir authors as after follow; to wit ...
Страница 109
... contains several good counsels , delivered with the utmost freedom . The Complaint directit to the Kingis Grace , though unadorned with many poetical or- naments , is a valuable and interesting produc- tion . It exhibits lively sketches ...
... contains several good counsels , delivered with the utmost freedom . The Complaint directit to the Kingis Grace , though unadorned with many poetical or- naments , is a valuable and interesting produc- tion . It exhibits lively sketches ...
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... The same li- brary contains another unpublished composition of Woodward's , entit- led Prince Henry bis Life , Death , and Funeralles .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.
... The same li- brary contains another unpublished composition of Woodward's , entit- led Prince Henry bis Life , Death , and Funeralles .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.
Страница 111
... contains several happy strokes of humour . It is a well - directed satire against the absurd practice of auricular confes- sion , and may safely be regarded as the composi- tion of Lindsay . The sanctified lasciviousness of a father ...
... contains several happy strokes of humour . It is a well - directed satire against the absurd practice of auricular confes- sion , and may safely be regarded as the composi- tion of Lindsay . The sanctified lasciviousness of a father ...
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