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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... present æra , the rules of Eng- lish grammar seem to be too little understood : in the elaborate pages of Dr Blair many solecisms may be detected . The grammar of the Scotish language was never completely reduced to any standard . Much ...
... present æra , the rules of Eng- lish grammar seem to be too little understood : in the elaborate pages of Dr Blair many solecisms may be detected . The grammar of the Scotish language was never completely reduced to any standard . Much ...
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... present them- selves . He halts in amazement to contemplate the magnificence of the palace - gate , till his guard- ianess upbraids him for such infatuation . Having entered the precincts , he is confounded by the radiance of the ...
... present them- selves . He halts in amazement to contemplate the magnificence of the palace - gate , till his guard- ianess upbraids him for such infatuation . Having entered the precincts , he is confounded by the radiance of the ...
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... present us with no other serious attempt at translation . Whether our countrymen have gained or lost by this prede- lection for their own inventions , is a queftion which I shall not presume to decide . By avail- ing themselves of the ...
... present us with no other serious attempt at translation . Whether our countrymen have gained or lost by this prede- lection for their own inventions , is a queftion which I shall not presume to decide . By avail- ing themselves of the ...
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... present at the king's premature death " . The enemies of whom he complains were proba- bly found among the dignified clergy ; whom he has satirized with unparalleled boldness , and whom he sometimes admonished of their duty with a de ...
... present at the king's premature death " . The enemies of whom he complains were proba- bly found among the dignified clergy ; whom he has satirized with unparalleled boldness , and whom he sometimes admonished of their duty with a de ...
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... present moment feel and acknowledge , the lite- rary compositions , and personal consequence of Lindsay seem to have contributed with powerful effect . His writings tended to prepare the public mind for a systematic attempt towards the ...
... present moment feel and acknowledge , the lite- rary compositions , and personal consequence of Lindsay seem to have contributed with powerful effect . His writings tended to prepare the public mind for a systematic attempt towards the ...
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