1

LIVES

OF THE

SCOTISH POETS,

WITH

Preliminary Dissertations

ON THE

LITERARY HISTORY OF SCOTLAND,

AND THE

EARLY SCOTISH DRAMA.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

BY DAVID IRVING, LL. D.

SECOND EDITION, IMPROVED.

VOLUME I.

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