Lives of Scottish Poets, 第 1 巻T. Boys and sold, 1822 - 378 ページ |
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... possessed all the qualities by which it is most de- servedly , but rarely , acquired . Far advanced beyond the lights of the age in which he lived , in knowledge and refinement ; of a creative genius and cultivated taste ; of talents ...
... possessed all the qualities by which it is most de- servedly , but rarely , acquired . Far advanced beyond the lights of the age in which he lived , in knowledge and refinement ; of a creative genius and cultivated taste ; of talents ...
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... possessed all the perfections which are thus ascribed to him , a considerable pro- portion of them must have been the attainment of years subsequent to his captivity . Expertness " in all athletic exercises , " " dexterity unrivalled in ...
... possessed all the perfections which are thus ascribed to him , a considerable pro- portion of them must have been the attainment of years subsequent to his captivity . Expertness " in all athletic exercises , " " dexterity unrivalled in ...
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... possessed next to none . The right of judging , in the first instance , belonged to the barons within their respective territories ; and , though an appeal lay from them to the king and his justices , it was 14 LIVES OF EMINENT SCOTSMEN .
... possessed next to none . The right of judging , in the first instance , belonged to the barons within their respective territories ; and , though an appeal lay from them to the king and his justices , it was 14 LIVES OF EMINENT SCOTSMEN .
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... possessed , and reflect how extremely natural it was , that a poet scientifically skilled iu the rules of musical composition , should be fond of singing his own songs to tunes of his own composing , we can scarcely hesi- tate in coming ...
... possessed , and reflect how extremely natural it was , that a poet scientifically skilled iu the rules of musical composition , should be fond of singing his own songs to tunes of his own composing , we can scarcely hesi- tate in coming ...
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... possessed one excellence , to which no succeeding translation has any pretension . The Prologues of his own composition , which he has prefixed to the different books , are such as almost place him on a level with the divine poet he has ...
... possessed one excellence , to which no succeeding translation has any pretension . The Prologues of his own composition , which he has prefixed to the different books , are such as almost place him on a level with the divine poet he has ...
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121 ページ - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
126 ページ - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
81 ページ - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
123 ページ - As a writer he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind : his mode of thinking-, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation.
119 ページ - Swimmer, and rigorously abstinent; but, said Savage, he knows not any love but that of the sex; he was perhaps never in cold water in his life; and he indulges himself in all the luxury that comes within his reach.
118 ページ - Sir William Wallace. Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a...
126 ページ - Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
122 ページ - I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her ; and the two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innocent girl had kept me guiltless.
128 ページ - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock, I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy night is gat heriag fast,* when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine, overthrew all my schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition.
125 ページ - I am quite transported at the thought, that ere long, perhaps very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and...