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INTRODUCTION.
Iv
case of the non-existent word foringit. See p. 113. Those
who are interested in grammatical details will of course
consult Dr Murray’s essay on The Dialect of the Southern
Counties of Scotland, published by Asher & Co. in 1873.
§ 30. The literary merit of the poem has been often dis¬
cussed, and I have nothing more to say about it here. To
point out the beauties or the demerits of a poem is not
always a kindness to the reader ; for it deprives him of the
pleasure of forming his own judgment upon a subject which
he may be peculiarly competent to consider.
Iv
case of the non-existent word foringit. See p. 113. Those
who are interested in grammatical details will of course
consult Dr Murray’s essay on The Dialect of the Southern
Counties of Scotland, published by Asher & Co. in 1873.
§ 30. The literary merit of the poem has been often dis¬
cussed, and I have nothing more to say about it here. To
point out the beauties or the demerits of a poem is not
always a kindness to the reader ; for it deprives him of the
pleasure of forming his own judgment upon a subject which
he may be peculiarly competent to consider.
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| Description | Together with a ballad of good counsel by King James I. of Scotland. Edited by Walter W. Skeat. Edinburgh : Published for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons, 1884. |
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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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