Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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Page 54
... picture of more utter destitution than what is presented to us in the person of the Celtic Homer , whether it be drawn from Scottish or Irish sources . Nor can we avoid thinking , that when the poets of Erin chose to make their Oisin ...
... picture of more utter destitution than what is presented to us in the person of the Celtic Homer , whether it be drawn from Scottish or Irish sources . Nor can we avoid thinking , that when the poets of Erin chose to make their Oisin ...
Page 60
... picture which it con- tains of mercy and magnanimity touched the heart of the too zealous bishop , or the allusion in its close to the power which the bard and chieftain still pos- sessed alarmed his fears , it is not easy to ascer ...
... picture which it con- tains of mercy and magnanimity touched the heart of the too zealous bishop , or the allusion in its close to the power which the bard and chieftain still pos- sessed alarmed his fears , it is not easy to ascer ...
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... picture has been drawn by one of the sufferers , Ed- ward Wright , and who had accompanied the ex- pedition as a mathematician , of very superior skill . " Soon after , " he relates , " the wind came about to the eastward , so that we ...
... picture has been drawn by one of the sufferers , Ed- ward Wright , and who had accompanied the ex- pedition as a mathematician , of very superior skill . " Soon after , " he relates , " the wind came about to the eastward , so that we ...
Page 109
... pictures , and in the beautiful engraving from it by Robert White , this proud trophy makes a conspicuous figure . So acknowledged , indeed , was his superiority in the listed fields of combat , that when , in 1590 , on the anniversary ...
... pictures , and in the beautiful engraving from it by Robert White , this proud trophy makes a conspicuous figure . So acknowledged , indeed , was his superiority in the listed fields of combat , that when , in 1590 , on the anniversary ...
Page 115
... picture . As a husband , he was indifferent and unfaithful ; as a parent , thoughtless and improvident . Lady Margaret , by whom he had two sons who died young , and a daughter ( afterwards the celebrated countess of Pembroke ) , was a ...
... picture . As a husband , he was indifferent and unfaithful ; as a parent , thoughtless and improvident . Lady Margaret , by whom he had two sons who died young , and a daughter ( afterwards the celebrated countess of Pembroke ) , was a ...
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