 | Allan Ramsay - 1724 - 288 pagina’s
...difpleajing.When theje good old Bards wrote, ive bad not yet made life of imported trimming upon our deaths, nor of foreign Embroidery in our Writings, their Poetry...the Product of their own Country, not pilfered and fpoiled in the franffortat ion from abroad : Their Images are native, and their Landskips domefiick... | |
 | Evergreen - 1824 - 294 pagina’s
...affected Delicacies and studied Refinements, which they would gladly exchange for that natural Strengthof Thought and Simplicity of Stile our Forefathers practised...had not yet made Use of imported Trimming upon our deaths, nor of foreign Embroidery in our Writings. Their Poetry is the Product of t'jeir own Country,... | |
 | George Bannatyne - 1829 - 158 pagina’s
...good CARMICHAEL, Patron kind thro' Time they'll be respected. to whom this BOOK pertains. " tised ; to such, I hope, the following Collection of Poems...writings. Their Poetry is the product of their own Coun" try, not pilfered and spoiled in the transportation from abroad : " their images are native,... | |
 | Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1829 - 168 pagina’s
...good CARMICHAEL, Patron kind thro' Time they'll be respected. to whom this BOOK pertains. " tised ; to such, I hope, the following Collection of Poems...writings. Their Poetry is the product of their own Coun" try, not pilfered and spoiled in the transportation from abroad : " their images are native,... | |
 | George Bannatyne - 1829 - 172 pagina’s
...divisions under which the poems are classed : " tised ; to such, I hope, the following Collection of Poeme will not •• be displeasing. " When these good...writings. Their Poetry is the product of their own Coun" try, not pilfered and spoiled in the transportation from abroad : " their images are native,... | |
 | 1835 - 418 pagina’s
...singular ballad the reader will perceive much similarity of style to the song printed in the former * " When these good old bards wrote, we had not yet made Use of imported Trimming upon our Cl oaths, nor of foreign Embroidery in our Wiitings. Their Poetry is the product of their own country,... | |
 | Evergreen - 1874 - 296 pagina’s
...Colle6tion of Poems will not be difpleafing. When thefe good old Bards wrote, we had not yet made Ufe of imported Trimming upon our Cloaths, nor of foreign Embroidery in our Writings. Their Poetry is the Produft of their own Country, not pilfered andfpoiled in the Tranfportation from abroad: Their Images... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - 726 pagina’s
...rare. They recall at once the characteristics of the older poets, who wrote, as Ramsay puts it, " when we had not yet made use of imported trimming upon...cloaths, nor of foreign embroidery in our writings" — when "their poetry was the product of their own country, not spoiled in the transportation from... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - 698 pagina’s
...rare. They recall at once the characteristics of the older poets, who wrote, as Ramsay puts it, " when we had not yet made use of imported trimming upon...cloaths, nor of foreign embroidery in our writings " — when " their poetry was the product of their own country, not spoiled in the transportation from... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 208 pagina’s
...will not be displeasing." His patriotism and love of nature both appear in the following passage : " When these good old Bards wrote, we had not yet made Use of imported Trimmings upon our Cloaths, nor of foreign Embroidery in our Writings. Their Poetry is the Product... | |
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When these good old Bards wrote, we had not yet made use of imported trimming upon our cloaths, nor of foreign embroidery in our writings. 
