 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - Страниц: 712
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them ; and hath clothed In those who are accustomed to peruse the elegant Latin compositions of Buchanan, a specimen of his... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - Страниц: 594
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them ; and has clothed, with all the beauties and graces of fiction, those...formerly had only its wildness and extravagance.' 252 GEORGE BUCHANAN. [LEOT. XL Buchanan's poetical performances are numerous ; but the most important... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1853 - Страниц: 542
...apocryphal nature of the greater part of these monarchs is now so fully admitted, that it is unnecessary to dilate upon them. Edward I., as is well known,...wildness and extravagance." This work, and his " De Jure Eegni apud Scotos," he published at the same time, very shortly before his death ; and, while he was... | |
 | William Robertson - 1856 - Страниц: 616
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them ; and hath clothed, with all the beauties and graces of fiction, those...which formerly had only its wildness and extravagance. The History of Scotland may properly be divided into four periods* The first reaches from the origin... | |
 | William Robertson - 1857 - Страниц: 624
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them ; and hath clothed, with all the beauties and graces of fiction, those...which formerly had only its wildness and extravagance. The History of Scotland may properly be divided into four periods. The first reaches from the origin... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - Страниц: 594
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at tl1e utmost pains to adorn them ; and has clothed, with all the beauties and graces of fiction, those legends which formerly had onlv 'to wildness and extravagance.' Buchanan's poetical performances are numerous ; but the most importaut... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - Страниц: 1030
...Improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them ; and hath clothed with all the beauties and graces of fiction, those...formerly had only Its wildness and extravagance." — fffttnry nf flrwffniid. •- Buchanan Is not sufficiently exact In bis dates, nor does he cite... | |
 | Walter Davies - 1868 - Страниц: 620
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them, and hath clothed them with all the beauties and graces of fiction —those...formerly had only its wildness and extravagance." So much for Hector Boyce and his feats and predictions of the " weird sisters," and for George Buchanan... | |
 | Walter Davies - 1868 - Страниц: 620
...improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them, 'and hath clothed them with all the beauties and graces of fiction — those...formerly had only its wildness and extravagance." So much for Hector Boyce and his feats and predictions of the " weird sisters," and for George Buchanan... | |
 | George Hill - 1873 - Страниц: 534
...the improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them; and hath clothed with all the beauties and graces of fiction those...formerly had only its wildness and extravagance." Le Clerc speaks of Buchanan " as not sufficiently exact in his dates, nor does he site his authorities... | |
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... equal to the elegance of his taste, and to the purity and vigour of his style, his history might be placed on a level with the most admired compositions of the ancients. But, instead of rejecting the improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at... 
