An Essay on English Poetry; with notices of the British poets. [Edited by Peter Cunningham.]John Murray, 1848 - 436 pages |
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... to death by her father Æolus , sends to her guilty brother Macareus the last testimony of her unhappy passion . - Book i . folio 39. ] them for several days in Edinburgh , gave them over LYDGATE - JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND . 137 of Scotland.
... to death by her father Æolus , sends to her guilty brother Macareus the last testimony of her unhappy passion . - Book i . folio 39. ] them for several days in Edinburgh , gave them over LYDGATE - JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND . 137 of Scotland.
Page 138
Thomas Campbell Peter Cunningham. them for several days in Edinburgh , gave them over to the exe- cutioner . While a prisoner in Windsor Castle James had seen and ad- mired the beautiful Lady Jane Beaufort , daughter of the Duke of ...
Thomas Campbell Peter Cunningham. them for several days in Edinburgh , gave them over to the exe- cutioner . While a prisoner in Windsor Castle James had seen and ad- mired the beautiful Lady Jane Beaufort , daughter of the Duke of ...
Page 140
... Edinburgh ; and , blending the fancy of a poet with the god- liness of a reformer , he so constructed the pageant , that a lady like an angel , who came out of an artificial cloud , exhorted her Majesty to serve God , obey her husband ...
... Edinburgh ; and , blending the fancy of a poet with the god- liness of a reformer , he so constructed the pageant , that a lady like an angel , who came out of an artificial cloud , exhorted her Majesty to serve God , obey her husband ...
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... Edinburgh , studied the civil law in France , and , returning home , entered into pos- session of his paternal estate , and devoted himself to literature . During his residence at Hawthornden he courted , and was on the eve of marrying ...
... Edinburgh , studied the civil law in France , and , returning home , entered into pos- session of his paternal estate , and devoted himself to literature . During his residence at Hawthornden he courted , and was on the eve of marrying ...
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... Edinburgh . His eldest sont rose to well - known eminence as a painter . Our * Apropos to this delicate distinction of the Scottish biographer may be mentioned the advertisement of a French perruquier in the Palais Royale , who ranks ...
... Edinburgh . His eldest sont rose to well - known eminence as a painter . Our * Apropos to this delicate distinction of the Scottish biographer may be mentioned the advertisement of a French perruquier in the Palais Royale , who ranks ...
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