Biographia Scotica: Or Scottish Biographical Dictionary; Containing a Short Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters, Natives of Scotland, from the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeA. Constable & Company, 1805 - 428 páginas |
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... any of the productions of his poeti- cal cotemporaries . As an his- able for its veracity , and contains a great many facts and anec- dotes omitted by other histo- rians . Barbour died in 1396 . the the ce . g tr BARCLAY ( ROBERT ) BAL BAR.
... any of the productions of his poeti- cal cotemporaries . As an his- able for its veracity , and contains a great many facts and anec- dotes omitted by other histo- rians . Barbour died in 1396 . the the ce . g tr BARCLAY ( ROBERT ) BAL BAR.
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... he specimens possessed a consider- was afterwards so eminently able degree of poetical merit , distinguished . Mr. Beattie af- and were well received , yet the ingenuity of his logical indue- tions , that he had B 3 BEA BEA F ...
... he specimens possessed a consider- was afterwards so eminently able degree of poetical merit , distinguished . Mr. Beattie af- and were well received , yet the ingenuity of his logical indue- tions , that he had B 3 BEA BEA F ...
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... able to engage in study that re - cularly of the works of Virgil , quired energy of mind . His of whom he was a passsonate C health , from this period , con- admirer . In this interval , he tinued daily declining , till No- composed two ...
... able to engage in study that re - cularly of the works of Virgil , quired energy of mind . His of whom he was a passsonate C health , from this period , con- admirer . In this interval , he tinued daily declining , till No- composed two ...
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... able progress also in the scien- ces . What was still more ex- traordinary , he attained great excellence in poetry , although the chief inlets to poetical ideas were closed up to him , and all the visible beauties of the crea tion hid ...
... able progress also in the scien- ces . What was still more ex- traordinary , he attained great excellence in poetry , although the chief inlets to poetical ideas were closed up to him , and all the visible beauties of the crea tion hid ...
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... able to the fashionable and po- on occasion , highly poetical , lite . Perhaps it may be so ; without any appearance of re- though , at the same time I must search . It is unquestionably say , in order to make it more the best piece of ...
... able to the fashionable and po- on occasion , highly poetical , lite . Perhaps it may be so ; without any appearance of re- though , at the same time I must search . It is unquestionably say , in order to make it more the best piece of ...
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