Lives of Scottish Worthies: James I [pt. 2]. Robert Henryson. William Dunbar. Gavin Douglas. Sir David Lindsay. Antiquarian illustrationsJ. Murray, 1840 - Scotland |
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... give redress to the poorest sufferer . His first endeavours had been directed to the redress of abuses in the adminis- tration of justice ; but nothing escaped his attention . By the frequency with which he assembled his Parliaments ...
... give redress to the poorest sufferer . His first endeavours had been directed to the redress of abuses in the adminis- tration of justice ; but nothing escaped his attention . By the frequency with which he assembled his Parliaments ...
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... give their bonds of adherence and fealty to the queen , before returning to their homes . * It may , per- haps , be inferred from this , that James had already causes for distrust and suspicion , but this is con- jectural . The truce ...
... give their bonds of adherence and fealty to the queen , before returning to their homes . * It may , per- haps , be inferred from this , that James had already causes for distrust and suspicion , but this is con- jectural . The truce ...
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... give the general reader some idea of his excellence as a poet , and his en- dowments as a scholar . In both these respects , the circumstances of his checkered life conferred on him great advantages . His education in Scot- land under ...
... give the general reader some idea of his excellence as a poet , and his en- dowments as a scholar . In both these respects , the circumstances of his checkered life conferred on him great advantages . His education in Scot- land under ...
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... gives him a shake , not by the hand , but by the ear . The prince now suddenly awakes , and pours out this beautiful ... give credit . " Is it some dream , by wandering fancy given , Or may I deem it , sooth , a vision sent from heaven ...
... gives him a shake , not by the hand , but by the ear . The prince now suddenly awakes , and pours out this beautiful ... give credit . " Is it some dream , by wandering fancy given , Or may I deem it , sooth , a vision sent from heaven ...
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... give a popular , faithful , and humorous picture of those scenes of revelry and rustic enjoyment which took place at this annual fair or wake , but , in his descriptions of the awkwardness of the Scot- tish archers , to employ his wit ...
... give a popular , faithful , and humorous picture of those scenes of revelry and rustic enjoyment which took place at this annual fair or wake , but , in his descriptions of the awkwardness of the Scot- tish archers , to employ his wit ...
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Page 162 - The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving: Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving: No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Page 163 - With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. In consecrated earth And on the holy hearth The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint; In urns, and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat. Peor and Baalim Forsake their temples dim, With that twice-battered god of Palestine; And mooned Ashtaroth Heaven's queen and mother both,...
Page 163 - In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint; In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat. Peor and Baalim Forsake their temples dim, With that twice-battered god of Palestine; And mooned Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen and mother both, Now sits not girt with tapers' holy shine; The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain...
Page 55 - Worship all ye that lovers be this May, For of your bliss the kalends are begun, And sing with us, away, winter away, Come, summer come, the sweet season and sun.
Page 163 - The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and loud lament ; From haunted spring, and dale Edged with poplar pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent ; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 163 - In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about 'the furnace blue ; The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis, and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste Nor is Osiris seen In Memphian grove...
Page 171 - Largior hie campos aether et lumine vestit Purpureo solemque suum, sua sidera norunt. Pars in gramineis exercent membra palaestris, Contendunt ludo et fulva luctantur arena ; Pars pedibus plaudunt choreas et carmina dicunt.
Page 75 - among us moderns, James, King of Scotland, who not only composed many sacred pieces of vocal music, but also of himself invented a new kind of music, plaintive and melancholy, different from all others, in which he has been imitated by Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, who, in our age, has improved music with new and admirable inventions,
Page 170 - Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est. pauci, quos aequus amavit luppiter aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, 130 dis geniti potuere.
Page 77 - Henderson wittily obseruing, that Chaucer in his 5th booke had related the death of Troilus, but made no mention what became of Creseid, he learnedly takes vppon him in a fine poeticall way to expres the punishment & end due to a false vnconstant whore, which commonly terminates in extreme misery...