The Protean Scot: The Crisis of Identity in Eighteenth Century Scottish Literature |
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... Hume could have believed for a moment that the establishment of Scotland's literary reputation could lie with such imitation Latin verses beggars belief . At times the combination of epic material and diction and forced simplicity ...
... Hume could have believed for a moment that the establishment of Scotland's literary reputation could lie with such imitation Latin verses beggars belief . At times the combination of epic material and diction and forced simplicity ...
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... Hume , Essays Literary , Moral , and Political ( London and New York : Routledge , n.d. ) , p.68 . 7 Ibid . , pp.160–1 . 8 Smith , LRBL , p.131 . 9 Ibid . , p.132 . 10 TCSmout , A History of the Scottish People 1560–1830 ( New York ...
... Hume , Essays Literary , Moral , and Political ( London and New York : Routledge , n.d. ) , p.68 . 7 Ibid . , pp.160–1 . 8 Smith , LRBL , p.131 . 9 Ibid . , p.132 . 10 TCSmout , A History of the Scottish People 1560–1830 ( New York ...
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... Hume , History , pp.592-3 . 69 Hume , FD , p.206 . 70 Hume , Essays , p.75 . 71 Hume , Letters , I , 121 . 72 Hume , Letters , II , 269 . 73 Smith , TMS , p.196 . 74 Kames , Elements , III , 236 . 75 G Gregory Smith , Scottish ...
... Hume , History , pp.592-3 . 69 Hume , FD , p.206 . 70 Hume , Essays , p.75 . 71 Hume , Letters , I , 121 . 72 Hume , Letters , II , 269 . 73 Smith , TMS , p.196 . 74 Kames , Elements , III , 236 . 75 G Gregory Smith , Scottish ...
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Tobias Smollett | 14 |
The Poetry of James | 41 |
the Literati and Scottish | 70 |
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