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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... poet enumerated among the attend , ants of the Muses ; but 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 . 66 Douglas undoubtedly ...
... poet enumerated among the attend , ants of the Muses ; but 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 . 66 Douglas undoubtedly ...
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... tantùm , reliquumque sorores Explent , officii debita jura sui . Corpora , non voces , murus disjungit ; in unum Psallunt directo psalmate et absque mero : Calliope intercedes so effectually in the poet's behalf , that 45.
... tantùm , reliquumque sorores Explent , officii debita jura sui . Corpora , non voces , murus disjungit ; in unum Psallunt directo psalmate et absque mero : Calliope intercedes so effectually in the poet's behalf , that 45.
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... poet's behalf , that his crime is pardoned on condition that he shall compose some poem in honour of the goddess whom he has offended . He imme- diately pours forth an unpremeditated lay ; and Venus declares she is satisfied . Her court ...
... poet's behalf , that his crime is pardoned on condition that he shall compose some poem in honour of the goddess whom he has offended . He imme- diately pours forth an unpremeditated lay ; and Venus declares she is satisfied . Her court ...
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... poet then recapitulates the deeds of an- cient heroes , and also sings of transfigurations , of the art of love , and of its remedy . He is followed by other bards : Uprais the greit Virgillius anone , And playit the sportis of Daphnis ...
... poet then recapitulates the deeds of an- cient heroes , and also sings of transfigurations , of the art of love , and of its remedy . He is followed by other bards : Uprais the greit Virgillius anone , And playit the sportis of Daphnis ...
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... in euerie thing perfite . Eik gif I wald this auisioun indite , Jangleris suld it backbite and stand nane aw , Cry out on dreimis quhilks are not worth ane mite . VOL . II . G The poet perceives an immense rock of a very peculiar 49.
... in euerie thing perfite . Eik gif I wald this auisioun indite , Jangleris suld it backbite and stand nane aw , Cry out on dreimis quhilks are not worth ane mite . VOL . II . G The poet perceives an immense rock of a very peculiar 49.
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