Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... of Drummond and Thomson . Indeed it is not extraordinary that the period which intervened between the union of the two crowns and that of the countries should have proved highly unpropitious to Scotish literature . Scotland , becoming [ 4 ]
... of Drummond and Thomson . Indeed it is not extraordinary that the period which intervened between the union of the two crowns and that of the countries should have proved highly unpropitious to Scotish literature . Scotland , becoming [ 4 ]
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... proved highly unpropitious to Scotish literature . Scotland , becoming an appendage to the sister king- dom , was subjected , as Ireland has since been , to the worst of all governments , being abandoned to the conflict of rival ...
... proved highly unpropitious to Scotish literature . Scotland , becoming an appendage to the sister king- dom , was subjected , as Ireland has since been , to the worst of all governments , being abandoned to the conflict of rival ...
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... prove . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! ' Tis my desire to be alone ; Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like ...
... prove . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! ' Tis my desire to be alone ; Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like ...
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... proving cruel , and bestowing her hand upon another and more aged admirer , he consoled himself by marrying Janet , the daughter and heir of Sir William Erskine . He was now warmly patronised by James I. , who made him in 1613 gentleman ...
... proving cruel , and bestowing her hand upon another and more aged admirer , he consoled himself by marrying Janet , the daughter and heir of Sir William Erskine . He was now warmly patronised by James I. , who made him in 1613 gentleman ...
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... kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . This noble author is WM . HERBERT , EARL OF pembroke . 41.
... kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . This noble author is WM . HERBERT , EARL OF pembroke . 41.
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