The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Količina 1Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 - 506 strani |
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... present instance it could not possibly have been used in any other sense , Mr Ledwich , a writer of no ordinary acuteness or learning , has lately revived the notion , that " Druidism was professed by all the Celtic tribes , how widely ...
... present instance it could not possibly have been used in any other sense , Mr Ledwich , a writer of no ordinary acuteness or learning , has lately revived the notion , that " Druidism was professed by all the Celtic tribes , how widely ...
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... : and the subject affords much scope for curious investigation . But as the controversy has been left undecided by many able 1 Winton's Cronykil of Scotland , vol . i . p . 401 . writers , it cannot be expected that the present at- 37.
... : and the subject affords much scope for curious investigation . But as the controversy has been left undecided by many able 1 Winton's Cronykil of Scotland , vol . i . p . 401 . writers , it cannot be expected that the present at- 37.
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... present at- tempt should draw it to a conclusion . That the Scotish language is merely a dialect of the English , is an opinion which has frequent- ly been proposed as the most rational . Before the reign of Malcolm the Third , it is ...
... present at- tempt should draw it to a conclusion . That the Scotish language is merely a dialect of the English , is an opinion which has frequent- ly been proposed as the most rational . Before the reign of Malcolm the Third , it is ...
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... present the question shall be left as undecided . With respect to the lan- guages which formerly prevailed in Scotland , a few detached hints may be gleaned . Adomnan informs us , that when St Columba preached to the Picts , he had ...
... present the question shall be left as undecided . With respect to the lan- guages which formerly prevailed in Scotland , a few detached hints may be gleaned . Adomnan informs us , that when St Columba preached to the Picts , he had ...
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... present day . This circumstance , according to Dr Bentley's scheme , ought to convince us , that the language of Scotland has continued pure and unmixed for the space of five hundred and seventeen years . The Breviarium Aberdonense ...
... present day . This circumstance , according to Dr Bentley's scheme , ought to convince us , that the language of Scotland has continued pure and unmixed for the space of five hundred and seventeen years . The Breviarium Aberdonense ...
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Stran 149 - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit, a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.
Stran 19 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Stran 420 - Tane leif at nature with ane orient blast; And lusty May, that muddir is of flouris, Had maid the birdis to begyn thair houris...
Stran 18 - ... did chiefly reign amongst the schoolmen: who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator) as their persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books.
Stran 282 - It was the misfortune of James, that his maxims and manners were too refined for the age in which he lived. Happy ! had he reigned in a kingdom more civilized; his love of peace, of justice, and of elegance, would have rendered his schemes successful ; and, instead of perishing because he had attempted too much, a grateful people would nave applauded and seconded his efforts to reform and improve them.
Stran 247 - A! fredome is a nobill thing! Fredome mayse man to haiff liking! Fredome all solace to man giffis: He levys at ese that frely levys! A noble hart may haiff nane ese, Na ellys nocht that may him plese, Gyff fredome failythe: for fre liking Is yearnyt our all othir thing.
Stran 222 - I WAS at [Erceldoune :] With Tomas spak Y thare; Ther herd Y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat and bare. Who was king with croun ; And who him forsterd yare ; And who was bold baroun, As thair elders ware, Bi yere : — I.
Stran 23 - Quhen Alysandyr oure kyng wes dede, That Scotland led in luwe and le, Away wes sons of ale and brede, Of wyne and wax, of gamyn and gle : Our gold wes changyd in-to lede, Cryst, borne in-to virgynyte, Succour Scotland and remede, That stad is in perplexyte.
Stran 124 - He was a grave and eminent divine," says Bishop Burnet : " my father, that knew him long, and being of council for him in his law-matters, had occasion to know him well, has often told me that he never saw him but he thought his heart was in heaven, and he was never alone with him but he felt within himself a commentary on these words of the apostles, ' Did not our hearts burn within us, while he yet talked with us, and opened to us the scriptures...
Stran 371 - The knycht to Chryst that deit on tre And coft our synnis deir, The pit to hell with panis fell, The syn to the woweir.