Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... Scotland , and of the early periods of English literature - the old ballads - I have no more adverted than to dramatic poetry . The lat- ter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the former a good time may yet come . To avoid ...
... Scotland , and of the early periods of English literature - the old ballads - I have no more adverted than to dramatic poetry . The lat- ter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the former a good time may yet come . To avoid ...
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... Scotland . - PRINGLE ....... ... ib . 547 ib . 548 From Bishop Heber's Journal . - HEBER ... 550 Battle - Hymn ......... ... 551 Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's Exhibition.- NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE ............. ... 555 The Burial of Sir ...
... Scotland . - PRINGLE ....... ... ib . 547 ib . 548 From Bishop Heber's Journal . - HEBER ... 550 Battle - Hymn ......... ... 551 Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's Exhibition.- NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE ............. ... 555 The Burial of Sir ...
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... Scotland , to sing his antici- pated triumph over the Scots , and who , according to a well - known tradition , being made prisoner , was ransomed by celebrating the victory of Robert de Bruce ; thus , like Balaam , constrained to bless ...
... Scotland , to sing his antici- pated triumph over the Scots , and who , according to a well - known tradition , being made prisoner , was ransomed by celebrating the victory of Robert de Bruce ; thus , like Balaam , constrained to bless ...
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... Scotland . The first of these , in point of precedence and cultivation , if not of genius , is James I. , ( a ) Sphere . ( b ) Affright ; remove . ( d ) Burnished with gold . ( c ) Float ; drop . ( e ) Prologue . who was born in 1395 ...
... Scotland . The first of these , in point of precedence and cultivation , if not of genius , is James I. , ( a ) Sphere . ( b ) Affright ; remove . ( d ) Burnished with gold . ( c ) Float ; drop . ( e ) Prologue . who was born in 1395 ...
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... Scotland than his ro- mantic and sentimental effusions . Christ's Kirk on the Green is as just , if not so comprehensive , a picture of low - life as any that Chaucer has given . According to Mr Tytler , this prince improved the ...
... Scotland than his ro- mantic and sentimental effusions . Christ's Kirk on the Green is as just , if not so comprehensive , a picture of low - life as any that Chaucer has given . According to Mr Tytler , this prince improved the ...
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