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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... mind which no opposition could quench , and with a steadiness of perseverance which no danger could diminish . Of the character of an individual who had so con- spicuously distinguished himself at the downfall of a church , whose unholy ...
... mind which no opposition could quench , and with a steadiness of perseverance which no danger could diminish . Of the character of an individual who had so con- spicuously distinguished himself at the downfall of a church , whose unholy ...
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... mind . His satire is pointed and unrestrained . The freedom with which he exposes vice , even when it attaches it- self to royalty , has stamped his works with the character of intrepid sincerity . The objection however which has been ...
... mind . His satire is pointed and unrestrained . The freedom with which he exposes vice , even when it attaches it- self to royalty , has stamped his works with the character of intrepid sincerity . The objection however which has been ...
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... mind . It appears to have been composed during his old age , and may therefore be regarded as com- prizing the accumulated maxims of a long life of alternate action and contemplation . It has been unfaithfully characterized as a meagre ...
... mind . It appears to have been composed during his old age , and may therefore be regarded as com- prizing the accumulated maxims of a long life of alternate action and contemplation . It has been unfaithfully characterized as a meagre ...
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... mind , he begins to enquire concerning the origin of evil : and the momentous question is discussed in the course of their long conference . But previous to his entering into detail , he offers a sensible apology for writing in his ...
... mind , he begins to enquire concerning the origin of evil : and the momentous question is discussed in the course of their long conference . But previous to his entering into detail , he offers a sensible apology for writing in his ...
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... mind seems at all times to have been imprest with a proper sense of the importance of religious duties . Montgomery is almost the only Scotish poet who has composed any considerable number of sonnets in his native language . The Drum ...
... mind seems at all times to have been imprest with a proper sense of the importance of religious duties . Montgomery is almost the only Scotish poet who has composed any considerable number of sonnets in his native language . The Drum ...
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