The Retrospective Review, Volume 1John Russell Smith, 1853 |
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Pagina 56
... us , were Newfoundland , the Bermudas or Summer Islands , Virginia , Guiana , New England , and New Scotland . Mr. Eburne recommended Newfoundland rather than other colonies , for 56 [ Nov. Population and Emigration at the.
... us , were Newfoundland , the Bermudas or Summer Islands , Virginia , Guiana , New England , and New Scotland . Mr. Eburne recommended Newfoundland rather than other colonies , for 56 [ Nov. Population and Emigration at the.
Pagina 90
... Scotland have not more clothing . The girls of Ireland , even those living in towns , have for their head - dress only a ribbon , and if married they have a napkin on the head , in the manner of the Egyptians . The body of their gowns ...
... Scotland have not more clothing . The girls of Ireland , even those living in towns , have for their head - dress only a ribbon , and if married they have a napkin on the head , in the manner of the Egyptians . The body of their gowns ...
Pagina 154
... the " maker " ( as poets were called in Scotland ) , rather than the artist , at work , and in his inlaying of the scattered gems of ancient vocal melody , the hand is often invisible , 154 [ Feb. Ancient English Ballad Poetry .
... the " maker " ( as poets were called in Scotland ) , rather than the artist , at work , and in his inlaying of the scattered gems of ancient vocal melody , the hand is often invisible , 154 [ Feb. Ancient English Ballad Poetry .
Pagina 163
... Scotland , they are worth the reader's attention . Henry the Minstrel or Blind Harry , Merdwynn Wyltt or Merlin the Wild — a poetic and prophetic Nebuchadnezzar of the Tweed- dale woods - who , in remorse for the death of his nephew ...
... Scotland , they are worth the reader's attention . Henry the Minstrel or Blind Harry , Merdwynn Wyltt or Merlin the Wild — a poetic and prophetic Nebuchadnezzar of the Tweed- dale woods - who , in remorse for the death of his nephew ...
Pagina 164
... Scotland and other Ilands , did go thorow and rounde about Christendome , and out of Christendome , declarynge the properties of al the regyons , contreys , and provynces the whiche he did travel thorow . " Of noble England , of Irland ...
... Scotland and other Ilands , did go thorow and rounde about Christendome , and out of Christendome , declarynge the properties of al the regyons , contreys , and provynces the whiche he did travel thorow . " Of noble England , of Irland ...
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Pagina 344 - Britanniae pars interior ab iis incolitur, quos natos in insula ipsa memoria proditum dicunt : maritima pars ab iis, qui praedae ac belli inferendi causa ex Belgis transierant : qui omnes fere iis nominibus civitatum appellantur, quibus orti ex civitatibus eo pervenerunt, et bello illato ibi remanserunt, atque agros colere cœperunt.
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Pagina 213 - Knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. "Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een: Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.