Lives of Scottish Worthies: James I [pt. 2]. Robert Henryson. William Dunbar. Gavin Douglas. Sir David Lindsay. Antiquarian illustrationsJ. Murray, 1840 |
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... possessed by this Writer , 312. - His reference to the Latin Book of Wallace's Life , 313. - Major's Account of Blind Harry , 313. - Conclusion of Remarks , 314 . BRUCE AND ST . FILLAN . St. Fillan ; his History , 314. - His luminous ...
... possessed by this Writer , 312. - His reference to the Latin Book of Wallace's Life , 313. - Major's Account of Blind Harry , 313. - Conclusion of Remarks , 314 . BRUCE AND ST . FILLAN . St. Fillan ; his History , 314. - His luminous ...
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... possessing ten pounds value in land , were to arm themselves with sword , spear , and dagger , a steel cap and iron greaves , or leg - harness ; and those of less substance , in propor- tion to their estate ; whilst it was made ...
... possessing ten pounds value in land , were to arm themselves with sword , spear , and dagger , a steel cap and iron greaves , or leg - harness ; and those of less substance , in propor- tion to their estate ; whilst it was made ...
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... possessed by their landlords , of ex- pelling them from their farms whenever they chose to grant a lease of the estate to a new pro- prietor . This hardship James was anxious to remove ; but he was compelled also to respect the ...
... possessed by their landlords , of ex- pelling them from their farms whenever they chose to grant a lease of the estate to a new pro- prietor . This hardship James was anxious to remove ; but he was compelled also to respect the ...
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... possessing lands within six miles of the sea were commanded to contribute towards the building of galleys for the public service , at the rate of one oar for every four marks of land — a proportion whose exact value it is now impossible ...
... possessing lands within six miles of the sea were commanded to contribute towards the building of galleys for the public service , at the rate of one oar for every four marks of land — a proportion whose exact value it is now impossible ...
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... possessed the strong castle of Dunbar , and his lands , which stretched out into a little principality along the borders , gave him a command of the prin- cipal passes by which an enemy could enter . It was thus a common saying , that ...
... possessed the strong castle of Dunbar , and his lands , which stretched out into a little principality along the borders , gave him a command of the prin- cipal passes by which an enemy could enter . It was thus a common saying , that ...
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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...