 | John Barbour - 1790 - 252 pagine
...incident, and entertainment. The language is remarkably good for the time ; and far fuperior, in neatnefs and elegance, even to that of Gawin Douglas, who wrote more than a century after. But when we confider that our author is not only the firft poet, but the earlieft hiftoi ian of Scotland,... | |
 | 1791 - 610 pagine
...incident and entertainment. The language is remarkably good for the time ; and far fuperior in neatnefs and elegance even to that of Gawin Douglas, who wrote more than a century after. But when we confider that our author is not only the firitpoet, but the earlicft hiitonan of Scotland,... | |
 | Anthony Florian Madinger Willich - 1798 - 350 pagine
...incident, and entertainment. The language is remarkably good for the time ; and far fuperior, in neatnefs and elegance, even to that of Gawin Douglas, who wrote more than a century after. But when we confider that out author is not only the firll poet but the earlieft hiftorian of Scotland,... | |
 | Johann Christoph Adelung, Anthony Florian Madinger Willich - 1798 - 200 pagine
...incident, and entertainment. The language is remarkably good for the time ; and far fuperior, in neatnefs and elegance, even to that of Gawin Douglas, who wrote more than a century after. But when we confider that our author is not only the firft poet but the earlieft hiftorian of Scotland,... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 446 pagine
...ease, and plain sense, and pictures of " real manners, and perpetual incident and enter" tainment. The language is remarkably good for " the time ; and far superior, in neatness and ele" gance, even to that of Gawin Douglas, who " wrote more than a century after." The following extract... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 466 pagine
...ease, and plain sense, and pictures of " real manners, and perpetual incident. and enter" tainment. The language is remarkably good for " the time ; and far superior, in neatness and ele" gance, even to that of Gawin Douglas, who " wrote more than a century after." The following extract... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 464 pagine
...tainment. The language is remarkably good for " the time; and far superior, in neatness and ele" gance, even to that of Gawin Douglas, who " wrote more than a century after." The following extract from the Bruce is selected, ftot as giving the most brilliant specimen of Barbour's... | |
 | George Ellis - 1845 - 382 pagine
...and ease, and plain sense, and pictures of real manners, and perpetual incident, and entertainment. The language is remarkably good for the time ; and...Gawin Douglas, who wrote more than a century after." The following extract from the Bruce is selected, not as giving the most brilliant specimen of Barbour's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pagine
...and ease, and plain sense, and pictures of real manners, and perpetual incident and entertainment. The language is remarkably good for the time, and...that of Gawin Douglas, who wrote more than a century afterwards." Pinkertou speaks of The Bruce as Harbour's " only poem ;" but from several passages in... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - 1022 pagine
...pictures uf real manners, and perpetual incident und entertainment. The language is remarkably good lor the time, and far superior in neatness and elegance even to that of Gawin Douglass, who wrote more than a century after." — /Vefuof io BarbouT. With regard to the language... | |
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Here indeed the reader will find few of the graces of fine poetry, little of the Attic dress of the muse: but here are life, and spirit, and ease, and plain sense, and pictures of real manners, and perpetual incident, and entertainment. The language is... 
