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Page 71
... poetry , in the days of the battle of Gabhra , came of the struggle of a clan against the force which threatened its ex- tinction . The blossom time of the old Cymric poetry , in the days of the battle of Cattraeth , came of the ...
... poetry , in the days of the battle of Gabhra , came of the struggle of a clan against the force which threatened its ex- tinction . The blossom time of the old Cymric poetry , in the days of the battle of Cattraeth , came of the ...
Page 349
... poetry he could meet with . His col- lection was so well taken care of that it has come down to our own time , a MS . of 800 closely - written pages , now in the library of the Faculty of Advocates , at Edinburgh . 17. We return to the ...
... poetry he could meet with . His col- lection was so well taken care of that it has come down to our own time , a MS . of 800 closely - written pages , now in the library of the Faculty of Advocates , at Edinburgh . 17. We return to the ...
Page 809
... Poetry , editing the " Essay on Poetry " by John Sheffield ( Lord Mulgrave , who died Duke of Buckinghamshire , in 1720 ) , Lord Roscommon's 66 Essay on Translated Verse , " and Lord Lansdowne on " Unnatural Flights of Poetry , " said ...
... Poetry , editing the " Essay on Poetry " by John Sheffield ( Lord Mulgrave , who died Duke of Buckinghamshire , in 1720 ) , Lord Roscommon's 66 Essay on Translated Verse , " and Lord Lansdowne on " Unnatural Flights of Poetry , " said ...
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