The Falls of Clyde: Or, The Fairies; a Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five Acts. With Three Preliminary Dissertations |
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... dy , but also by the circumstance of its being admirably adapted for a description of the external scenery of the country . When men are acquainted only with a few objects , these few are examined with great attention , 24.
... dy , but also by the circumstance of its being admirably adapted for a description of the external scenery of the country . When men are acquainted only with a few objects , these few are examined with great attention , 24.
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... admirable writer ) at the observation which is sometimes made , even by Scotsmen of good taste , that the language of the Gentle Shepherd disgusts from its vulgarity . It is true that , in the present day , the Scotish dialect is heard ...
... admirable writer ) at the observation which is sometimes made , even by Scotsmen of good taste , that the language of the Gentle Shepherd disgusts from its vulgarity . It is true that , in the present day , the Scotish dialect is heard ...
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... admirable pastoral ) there is much ease , much good fenfe , and a certain auld- farrendness , if I may apply that Scotish word to a Scotish poet . Never was a finer piece of comic painting than his two cantos of Chrift's Kirk on the ...
... admirable pastoral ) there is much ease , much good fenfe , and a certain auld- farrendness , if I may apply that Scotish word to a Scotish poet . Never was a finer piece of comic painting than his two cantos of Chrift's Kirk on the ...
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... admirable Fontenelle ) is necessary to please the imagination , but it is not necessary to show all the truth . If the half of a thing is painted in a lively and energetic manner , the other part may be concealed , and concealed without ...
... admirable Fontenelle ) is necessary to please the imagination , but it is not necessary to show all the truth . If the half of a thing is painted in a lively and energetic manner , the other part may be concealed , and concealed without ...
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... admirable answer which he himself gave to those who accused him of plagiarism : « Cur non illi quoque eadem furta ... admiration of the sublime and beautiful productions of the Grecian muse , to fol- low her lessons with servility . A ...
... admirable answer which he himself gave to those who accused him of plagiarism : « Cur non illi quoque eadem furta ... admiration of the sublime and beautiful productions of the Grecian muse , to fol- low her lessons with servility . A ...
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The Falls of Clyde, Or the Fairies: A Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five ... John Black No preview available - 2018 |
The Falls of Clyde: Or, the Fairies; A Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five ... Emeritus Professor John Black No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 103 - Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the Moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 56 - That strain again ! — it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, ( Stealing and giving odour !— Enough ; no more ; ( 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before.
Page 84 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig-tree putteth forth her green ligs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 5 - ... with the characters and actions of such persons as have, many of them, no existence but what he bestows on them. Such are fairies, witches, magicians, demons, and departed spirits. This Mr. Dryden calls "the fairy way of writing...
Page 45 - Above all, such are their terrible graces of magic and enchantment, so magnificently marvelous are their fictions and fablings, that they contribute in a wonderful degree to rouse and invigorate all the powers of imagination, to store the fancy with those sublime and alarming images which true poetry best delights to display.
Page 36 - But love is only one of many passions, and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.
Page 47 - Description) as she does in the Scottish Horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a Shade, a Stream or a Breeze. The Groves rise in our own Valleys; the Rivers flow from our own Fountains, and the Winds blow upon our own Hills.
Page 54 - ... more rhyming couplets are found, than in all the plays composed subsequently to that year, which have been named his late productions.
Page 36 - It is not (replied our philosopher) because they treat, as you call it, about love, but because they treat of nothing, that they are despicable : we must not ridicule a passion which he who never felt never was happy, and he who laughs at never deserves to feel — a passion which has caused the change of empires, and the loss of worlds — a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice.
Page 29 - ... to their minds the interesting scenes of infancy and youth — to awaken many pleasing, many tender recollections. Literary men, residing at Edinburgh or Aberdeen, cannot judge on this point for one hundred and fifty thousand of their expatriated countrymen...