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... reference to their mythic derivation from Spain , or ulterior sources — it must be admitted to be one of the vagaries of history now , to find their name indelibly attached to a language entirely different from theirs . The cause of ...
... reference to their mythic derivation from Spain , or ulterior sources — it must be admitted to be one of the vagaries of history now , to find their name indelibly attached to a language entirely different from theirs . The cause of ...
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... the most reliable sources of information in reference to the Celtic portion of the country's history , naturally arrived at conclusions confirming those theories , the maintenance of which was the HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . 3.
... the most reliable sources of information in reference to the Celtic portion of the country's history , naturally arrived at conclusions confirming those theories , the maintenance of which was the HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... reference to the Romance of Sir Tristrem , made by Thomas of Erceldoune , to the effect that " Ouer gestes it has the ' steem , Ouer all that is or was , If men said it , as made Thomas . " With this Romance , Scottish poetry may be ...
... reference to the Romance of Sir Tristrem , made by Thomas of Erceldoune , to the effect that " Ouer gestes it has the ' steem , Ouer all that is or was , If men said it , as made Thomas . " With this Romance , Scottish poetry may be ...
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... reference to Chaucer or any other English writer ; and although James I. acknowledges both Chaucer and Gower as his masters , yet he nowhere shows any dependence on them . Perhaps Henry the Minstrel should also be in- cluded in this ...
... reference to Chaucer or any other English writer ; and although James I. acknowledges both Chaucer and Gower as his masters , yet he nowhere shows any dependence on them . Perhaps Henry the Minstrel should also be in- cluded in this ...
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... reference of De Brunne , could have no share in forming his reputation before its dis- covery by Ritson , and its publication by Scott in 1804. But for that dis- covery , there is little to entitle him to a place among the poets of ...
... reference of De Brunne , could have no share in forming his reputation before its dis- covery by Ritson , and its publication by Scott in 1804. But for that dis- covery , there is little to entitle him to a place among the poets of ...
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Page 455 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 729 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Page 696 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend.
Page 541 - Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ! Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! ii.
Page 455 - Ye woodlands all, awake : a boundless song Burst from the groves ! and when the restless day, Expiring, lays the warbling world asleep, Sweetest of birds, sweet Philomela, charm The listening shades, and teach the night His praise.
Page 455 - As home he goes beneath the joyous moon. Ye that keep watch in heaven, as earth asleep Unconscious lies, effuse your mildest beams, Ye constellations, while your angels strike, Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre.
Page 459 - In lowly dale, fast by a river's side, With woody hill o'er hill encompassed round, A most enchanting wizard did abide, Than whom a fiend more fell is nowhere found.
Page 388 - The Evergreen. Being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600.
Page 455 - With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year ; And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks, And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves in hollow-whispering gales. Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfined, And spreads a common feast for all that lives.
Page 455 - Th' impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound...