 | 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...to be used as a political engine against the Scots. In the introduction to the prophecies, however, there is so much more fancy and elegance than in the...Scotish origin; although no indubitably Scotish copy, so far as the editor knows, is now in existence. He has been told, but upon what authority he knows... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 434
...as a political engine against the Scots. In theintroductiontotheprophecies, however, there issomuch more fancy and elegance than in the prophecies themselves,...Scotish origin ; although no indubitably Scotish copy, so far as the editor knows, is now in existence. He has been told, but upon what authority he knows... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...a political engine against the Scots. In theintroduction to the prophecies, however, there issomuch more fancy and elegance than in the prophecies themselves, that they can hardly be supposed to bethecompositionof the same person. Indeed, the internal evidence to the contrary almost amounts to... | |
 | William Lauder - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...poem in his " Popular Ballads and Songs," is of opinion that " In the introduction to the prophecies, there is so much more fancy and elegance than in the...contrary almost amounts to a proof that they are not." Professor Child, also, in his " English and Scottish Ballads " (London, 1861), vol. I, p. 95, says,... | |
 | 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 692
...intended to be used u an engine against the Scots. In the introduction to the prophecies, however, there is so much more fancy and elegance than in the prophecies themselves, that they can hardly bo supposed to be the composition of the same person. Indeed, the internal evidence to the contrary... | |
 | 1893 - عدد الصفحات: 700
...intended to be used as an engine against the Scots. In the introduction to the prophecies, however, there is so much more fancy and elegance than in the...romance itself was of Scotish origin ; although no undubitably Scotish copy, so far as the editor knows, is now in existence. He has been told, but upon... | |
 | David Laing, William Carew Hazlitt - 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 358
...parts, and the fine vein of imagination that runs through nearly the whole of the first Fy tt. ' ' In the introduction to the prophecies," as Mr. Jamieson...existence. It is remarkable," Mr. J. continues, " that in all the three copies the poet begins the story in the first person, and seems disposed to tell the... | |
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In the introduction to the prophecies, however, there is so much more fancy and elegance than in the prophecies themselves, that they can hardly be supposed to be the composition of the same person. Indeed, the internal evidence to the contrary almost... 