Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Volume 165F. Jefferies, 1838 |
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... original evidence of his own works , and the attentive observation of his friends , what were the foundations on which his genius had built this lofty and ex- tended fabric - to mark the original and native powers with which he was ...
... original evidence of his own works , and the attentive observation of his friends , what were the foundations on which his genius had built this lofty and ex- tended fabric - to mark the original and native powers with which he was ...
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... original verse . One of the books opens with Veg - tams Koitha , or the Descent of Odin ; with the Latin of Thomas Bartholine , and Gray's ver- sion ; with some account of the death of Baldor , both as narrated in the Edda and as given ...
... original verse . One of the books opens with Veg - tams Koitha , or the Descent of Odin ; with the Latin of Thomas Bartholine , and Gray's ver- sion ; with some account of the death of Baldor , both as narrated in the Edda and as given ...
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... original composition in poetry Scott had as yet given little notice of his powers ; when he translated Burger's ballad of Leonora for Miss Cranstoun , she wrote to a friend- " Upon my word , Walter Scott is going to turn out a poet ...
... original composition in poetry Scott had as yet given little notice of his powers ; when he translated Burger's ballad of Leonora for Miss Cranstoun , she wrote to a friend- " Upon my word , Walter Scott is going to turn out a poet ...
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... original agency of the piece , but according to the success with which he could bring them out . His object was to make his writing diverting and interesting , and leave the rest to its fate . When his mind was strained to acquire ideas ...
... original agency of the piece , but according to the success with which he could bring them out . His object was to make his writing diverting and interesting , and leave the rest to its fate . When his mind was strained to acquire ideas ...
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... original founders had attained . " It is remarkable that the primitive topographical appellations have been retained through so many successive generations , and among different races . In England innumerable names ap- plied by the ...
... original founders had attained . " It is remarkable that the primitive topographical appellations have been retained through so many successive generations , and among different races . In England innumerable names ap- plied by the ...
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