| Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 pages
...which/ appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth. after the two first volumes of that work.1 Th& opening of this ballad exhibits a power of numbers,...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Nor were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey; for in his passage through Aberdeen,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 436 pages
...the two first volumes of that work.i The opening of this ballad exhibits a power of numbers,which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Nor were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey ; for in his passage through Aberdeen,... | |
| Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers, which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the " Commentaries of Baber," from the Turki... | |
| Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...Min streUy, which appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth after the two first volumes of tha work. The opening of this ballad exhibits a power...sound has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Not were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey ; for in his passage through Aberdeen,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 864 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the " Commentaries of Baber," from the Turki... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 268 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the Commentaries of fiaber, from the Turki language,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1871 - 530 pages
...poetical remains of Leyden were collected and given to the public in 1821, and in some instances exhibit a power of numbers which, for the mere melody of sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Besides his poetical works, he compiled and translated the Commentaries of Saber, from the Turki language,... | |
| John Leyden - 1875 - 414 pages
...Minstrelsy," which appeared at the distance of about a twelvemonth after the two first volumes of the work.* The opening of this ballad exhibits a power...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry. Nor were these legendary effusions the only fruit of his journey ; for in his passage through Aberdeen,... | |
| Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1911 - 324 pages
...Wordsworth's long poems for instance! Sir Walter's dictum that the opening of Leyden's ballad, "The Mermaid," "exhibits a power of numbers, which, for the mere...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry " is true, and might be extended to inclnde many stanzas in the " Scenes of Infancy." Will Sir George... | |
| Arthur Symons - 1909 - 362 pages
...the ballad of 'The Mermaid,' of which Scott made the extraordinary statement that the opening of it 'exhibits a power of numbers, which, for the mere...sound, has seldom been excelled in English poetry.' 'Lord Soulis,' a ballad of wizardy, is incomparably finer, and best of all are his Malay poems, the... | |
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