 Loch — a lake in the same district — in 1835. His early years were spent in the humblest pastoral avocations, and he scarcely received even the rudiments of the most ordinary education. For long ' chill penury repressed his noble rage ' ; but the...  Noctes Ambrosianae - Pàgina xviper John Wilson - 1904 - 484 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 440 pàgines
...Sym's character and career were exemplary. To the highest sense of honour, and the most scrupulous integrity in his professional dealings, he united...of his country, he has a good chance of being known favour1 Hogg did not outlive him. The story of the bequest of the cremona is of course apocryphal.... | |
 | Mary Gray Garden - 1887 - 388 pàgines
...he succeeded in striking the right chord in ' The Queen's Wake,' which was published in 1813. This stamped Hogg, as, after Burns (proximus sed longo...greatest poet that had ever sprung from the bosom of the people. It became at once, and deservedly, popular."* Professor Wilson himself says, " ' The Queen's... | |
 | John Wilson - 1891 - 592 pàgines
...tributary of the Tweed ; and died at Altrive, near St. Mary's Loch—a lake in the same district—in 1835. His early years were spent in the humblest pastoral...of his country, he has a good chance of being known favorably to posterity. But his surest passport to immortality is his embalmment in the " Noctes Ambrosianae."... | |
 | John Wilson - 1892 - 438 pàgines
...animating spirit of the Noctes Ambrosianas is the Ettrick Shepherd himself. James Hogg was born in 1 772, in a cottage on the banks of the Ettrick, a tributary...passport to immortality is his embalmment in the Noctes Ambrosianae. In connection with this brief notice of James Hogg, I may take the opportunity of clearing... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 808 pàgines
...Wake," which was published in 1813. This stamped Hogg as, after Burns (proximus sed longo intervaUo) the greatest poet that had ever sprung from the bosom of the people. It became at once, and deservedly, popular.— FERRIER, JAMESF., 1855, Works of John Wilson,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 850 pàgines
...he succeeded in striking the right chord in ' ' The Queen's Wake," which was published in 1813. This stamped Hogg as, after Burns (proximus sed longo intervallo)...greatest poet that had ever sprung from the bosom of the people. It became at once, and deservedly, popular. — FERRIER, JAMES F., 1855, Works of John Wilson,... | |
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