...characterising the Scottish poets of this time, observes that the writers of that nation have adorned the period with a degree of sentiment and spirit, a command...found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lydgate. " He might safely have added," says Mr. Pinkerton, " not even in Chaucer or Lydgate." Concerning Dunbar,...

...characterising the Scottish poets of this time, observes that the writers of that nation have adorned the period with a degree of sentiment and spirit, a command...found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lydgate. " He might safely have added," says Mr. Pinkerton, " not even in Chaucer or Lydgate," Concerning Dunbar,...

...representation of the poetry of the former, was I to omit in my series a few Scotch writers, who have adorned the present period, with a degree of sentiment...found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lydgate : more especially as they have left striking specimens of allegorical invention, a species of composition...

...poetry of England, were he to omit mention of the Scotish writers who adorned the fifteenth century, " with a degree of sentiment and spirit, a command of...to be found in any English poet, since Chaucer and Lydeate, more especially as they bWleft striking specimens of allegorical narration, a gpeciesofcomposition...

...this period produced in Scotland a race of genuine poets, who, in the words of Mr. Warton, ' displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit, a command of phraseology,...found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lydgate.' Perhaps the explanation of this seeming mystery is, that the influences which operated upon Chaucer...

...this period produced in Scotland a race of genuine poets, who, in the words of Mr. Warton, ' displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit, a command of phraseology,...of imagination, not to be found in any English poet smce Chaucer and Lydgate.' Perhaps the explanation of this seeming mystery is, that the influences...

...self-conceited, busy, prying, impertinent English resident, Thomas Randolph, and left unnoticed the labors of William Dunbar, the greatest of the original poets...and a fertility of imagination, not to be found in an}' Eucrlish poet since Chaucer and Lydgate." We need not name others. They have all been contemptuously...

...in the words of Mr. Warton, ' displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit, a command of phrase6logy, and a fertility of imagination, not to be found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lydgate.' Perhaps the explanation of this seeming mystery is, that the influences whicli operated upon Chaucer...

...self-conceited, busy, prying, impertinent English resident, Thomas Randolph, and left unnoticed the labors of William Dunbar, the greatest of the original poets...sentiment and spirit, a command of phraseology, and a 1846.] ANIMAL MAGNETISM AND GHOST-SEEING. fertility of imagination, not to be found in any English...

...this period produced in Scotland a race of genuine poeta, who, in the words of Mr Warton, ' displayed ought t' admire, And we're unjust if we should more require From his few years, divided Perhaps the explanation of this seeming mystery is, that the influences which operated upon Chaucer...