 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - Страниц: 562
...unintelligible to an English reader." — The Critical Review, May, 1787. "I have therefore read Burns's poems, and have read them twice; and though they be...subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I th1nk them on the whole a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these kingdoms... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - Страниц: 812
...extremely. — BARBAULD, ANNA LJETITIA, 1787, Letter to Dr. Aikin, Works, vol. II, p. 151. Read Burns's descending, to his inferiors kind, 1 think them, on the whole, a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these... | |
 | Thomas Lucian Cline - 1923 - Страниц: 300
...modern judgment, has attained the greatest heights of his poetic fame. "I have therefore read Burns 's poems, and have read them twice; and though they be...only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rani, of life since Shakespeare, (I should rather say since Prior), who need not be indebted for any... | |
 | 1908 - Страниц: 570
...Sophocles, or Homer ; yet if we except Burns, none such have been. SAMUEL TAYLOR COI.ERIDGE. Read Burns's poems, and have read them twice: and though they be...them on the whole a very extraordinary production. WILLIAM COWPER. Of Burns he was ever as enthusiastic an admirer as the wannest of his countrymen. Life... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 652
...and nature; ihe religion that exalls and ennobles man.'' "1 have read Burns' poems,'' says Ci wper, " and have read them twice; and though they be written...these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life save Shakspeare, (I should rather say save Prior,) who need not be indebted for any part of his praise... | |
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Burns' poems, and have read them twice ; and, though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production. 
