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The Banks of Esk; Or, a Saunter from Roslin to Smeaton, a Poem, to Which Is Added, Drummond Castle, a Poem, with an Address to Impudence [A Poem]. (Paperback)
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hearts or mend their manners; or, in truer Ian- guage, could reduce
them to that abject ftate o fervile infignirkance, to which a few
worthlefs individuals wifhed to degrade them, and in which thefe
calumniating fcribblers have dared to re- prefent them. To tread
the paths of contradiction, by entering into the particulars which
firft excited, and has fince continued this animofity, would be
only detailing a number of litigated points, unimportant in
themfelves, problematical in their nature, aggravated by party, and
chiefly acquiring con- fequence from the mean interefted views of
fome, and the glaring mifreprefentations of others. It may be
proper to obferve, that the introductory fection is merely a
compendium of a fe- parate poem which was written many years ago,
upon the author's return from England, when, upon a few Scotfmen's
having attained to places of power and truft, the antipathy of the
Englifh was at its higheft pitch, and when the confequent
fcurrility and abufe, of which the author had his fhare, were freih
in his memory. It is pleafing to obferve, that thefe national
animofities chapter{Section 4animofities and prejudices are faft
dying away; nor fhould one line remain in this performance, that
could in the fmalleft degree imply any national reflection, were
not the writings of the before-mentioned authors widely circulated,
and as yet but too often quoted by the illiberal fcholar, as well
as the ignorant boor. At any rate, the author has the confolation
of having fupprefled more than one half of its original contents.
With regard to the fubfequent Poem, it was written in the days of
leifure and contentment, under the patronage of an intelligent and
indulgent fupcrior, when the mind was not only alive, but at. full
liberty to indulge thofe fenf...
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General Books LLC
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2012 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
James Alves
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
36 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-217-37877-2 |
Barcode: |
9780217378772 |
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LSN: |
0-217-37877-3 |
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