| Evergreen - 1724 - 290 pages
...Horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a Shade, a Stream or a Breeze. ffre Groves rife in our own Valleys - , the Rivers flow from our own...Fountains, and the Winds blow upon our own Hills. I find not Fault with thofe fhings, as they are in Greece or Italy: But with a Northern Poet for fetching... | |
| Allan Ramsay - English poetry - 1724 - 288 pages
...carried to Greece or Italy for a Shade, a Stream or a Breeze. The Groves rife in our own Valleys j the Rivers flow from our own Fountains, and the Winds blow upon our own Hills. I find not Fault with thofe things, as they are in Greece or Italy : But with a Northern Poet for fetching... | |
| Allan Ramsay - English poetry - 1761 - 310 pages
...Horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a fyade, a Stream or a Breeze. The Groves rife in our valleys; the Rivers flow from our own Fountains, and the Winds blow upon our ciun Hills. Ifindnot Fault with tboje things, as they are in Greece or Italy : But 'with a Northern... | |
| Allan Ramsay - Fables, Scottish - 1800 - 574 pages
...horizon : we are not car" ried to Greece and Italy for a fhade, a ftream, or " a breeze ; the groves rife in our own valleys, " the rivers flow from our own...fountains, and the " winds blow upon our own hills." Ramfay's landfcapes are drawn with the moft characteriftic precifion : we view the fcene before us,... | |
| John Black - Dialect drama, Scottish - 1806 - 260 pages
...were he acquainted with the glassy bays of the Neapolitan sea, where a smooth azure surface reflefts large masses of superimpending rocks, richly crowned...scenery, may also be applied to the manners of his drama. Such indeed has been the success of Ramsay, that Robert Burns, a poet of a class considerably superior,... | |
| Evergreen - 1824 - 294 pages
...Description) as the does in the Scottish Horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a Shade, a Stream or a Breeze. The Groves rise in our own Valleys...; the Rivers flow from our own Fountains, and the Wind* blow upon our own Hills. I find not Fault with those Things, as they are in Greece or Italy:... | |
| John Colin Dunlop - Latin literature - 1827 - 634 pages
...the morning rises as in the Scotch horizon: " We are not carried to Greece and Italy for a shade, a stream, or a breeze. The groves rise in our own valleys,...rivers flow from our own fountains, and the winds blow from our own hills: •• In tlty sweet Caledonian lines Nae gowden stream mid myrtles twines, Where... | |
| George Bannatyne - Bannatyne, George, 1545-1608 - 1829 - 172 pages
...description) as she does in the Scottish 1m" rizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a shade, a stream, " or a breeze. The groves rise in our own...fountains, and the winds blow upon our own hills. " I find not fault with those things, as they are in Greece or Italy : " but with a Northern Poet for... | |
| Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) - Scotland - 1829 - 168 pages
...description) as she does in the Scottish ho" rizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a shade, a stream, " or a breeze. The groves rise in our own...fountains, and the winds blow upon our own hills. " I find not fault with those things, as they are in Greece or Italy : " but with a Northern Poet for... | |
| Allan Ramsay - 1851 - 484 pages
...description) as she does in the Scottish horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a shade, a stream, or a breeze. The groves rise in our own valleys;...fountains, and the winds blow upon our own hills. I find not fault with those things, as they are in Greece or Italy : but with a Northern Poet for fetching... | |
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