 ... 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...  The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ... - Page 1341833Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...chronicle-writers, he was at the utmost pain» to adorn'them, and hath cloth«! with all tlie bttiutii-s and graces of fiction those legends which formerly had only its wildness and extravagance.*' — On the authority of Buchanan and his predecesbors Ihe historical part of this poem *¡<-ems foumh-d,... | |
 | William Robertson - Scotland - 1811 - 468 pages
...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. § IV. The history of Scotland may properly be divided into four periods. The first reaches from the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 508 pages
...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." In another place, the same celebrated historian observes, that '« the happy genius of Buchanan, equally... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 652 pages
...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 legends, which formerly had only its wild ness and extravagance. The history of Scotland may properly be divided into four periods : The... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 606 pages
...the 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 legends, which formerly had only it's wildness and extravagance." His poetical character stands extremely high; not, however, so much... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 452 pages
...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 di- Four vided into four periods. The first reaches from the... | |
 | William Robertson - 1821 - 436 pages
...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 Four *«into four periods. The first reaches from the... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - America - 1821 - 438 pages
...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 Four lftinto four periods. The first reaches from the... | |
 | William Robertson - Scotland - 1824 - 488 pages
...the improbable tales of chroniclewriters, 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. Four re- The History of Scotland may properly be markabie divided into four periods. The first reaches... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1825 - 498 pages
...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. Four re- The history of Scotland may properly be divided into «ras tn the four periods. The first... | |
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