A Critical History of English Literature. -, Volume 2Ronald Press Company, 1960 - English literature |
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... Scotland and was there mixed up with patriotic motives . Collections of songs and ballads , with and without music , were numerous in Scotland from The Tea - Table Miscellany to George Thomson's Select Scottish Airs ( 1793 ) . In 1726 ...
... Scotland and was there mixed up with patriotic motives . Collections of songs and ballads , with and without music , were numerous in Scotland from The Tea - Table Miscellany to George Thomson's Select Scottish Airs ( 1793 ) . In 1726 ...
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... Scotland must give way to her interest . Scott's attitude to Scotland was a mixture of regret for the old days when Scotland was an independent but turbulent and distracted country , and of satisfaction at the peace , prosperity , and ...
... Scotland must give way to her interest . Scott's attitude to Scotland was a mixture of regret for the old days when Scotland was an independent but turbulent and distracted country , and of satisfaction at the peace , prosperity , and ...
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... Scotland of Scott's own day . The external plot , which is once again that of the lost heir , is , as usual , not to be taken seriously : its function is to bring the faintly drawn Englishman Lovel into Scotland and so set the ...
... Scotland of Scott's own day . The external plot , which is once again that of the lost heir , is , as usual , not to be taken seriously : its function is to bring the faintly drawn Englishman Lovel into Scotland and so set the ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 537 |
POETRY FROM THOMSON TO CRABBE | 590 |
THE NOVEL FROM RICHARDSON TO JANE AUSTEN | 700 |
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