Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1T. Boys, 1821 |
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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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Page 154 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy impart.
Page 161 - 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...
Page 166 - 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?
Page 145 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Page 159 - 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.
Page 158 - 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...
Page 166 - 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.
Page 162 - 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.
Page 166 - MORTAL MAN, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loose life, unruly passions, and diseases pale.
Page 166 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow, and locked embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder ; But oh!