Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 1. kötetTicknor and Fields, 1861 |
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146. oldal
... Rosebank , many kind attentions , of which he ever preserved a grateful recollection , and which have left strong traces on every page of his works in which he has occasion to introduce the Society of Friends . This young companion's ...
... Rosebank , many kind attentions , of which he ever preserved a grateful recollection , and which have left strong traces on every page of his works in which he has occasion to introduce the Society of Friends . This young companion's ...
158. oldal
... Rosebank , on the Tweed , a little below Kelso . Here Walter now took up his quarters , and here , during all the rest of his youth , he found , whenever he chose , a second home , in many respects more agreeable than his own . His ...
... Rosebank , on the Tweed , a little below Kelso . Here Walter now took up his quarters , and here , during all the rest of his youth , he found , whenever he chose , a second home , in many respects more agreeable than his own . His ...
184. oldal
... Rosebank ; he appears to have spent several weeks in the autumn , both of 1788 and 1789 , under his uncle's roof ; and it was , I think , of his journey thither , in the last named year , that he used to tell an anecdote , which I shall ...
... Rosebank ; he appears to have spent several weeks in the autumn , both of 1788 and 1789 , under his uncle's roof ; and it was , I think , of his journey thither , in the last named year , that he used to tell an anecdote , which I shall ...
185. oldal
... Rosebank , 5th Sept. 1788 . " Dear Mother , —I was favoured with your letter , and send you Anne's stockings along with this : I would have sent them last week , but had some expectations of a private opportunity . I have been very ...
... Rosebank , 5th Sept. 1788 . " Dear Mother , —I was favoured with your letter , and send you Anne's stockings along with this : I would have sent them last week , but had some expectations of a private opportunity . I have been very ...
197. oldal
... Rosebank , 6th August 1790 . " Dear William , Here am I , the weather , according to your phrase , most bitchiferous ; the Tweed , within twenty yards of the window at which I am writing , swelled from bank to brae , and roaring like ...
... Rosebank , 6th August 1790 . " Dear William , Here am I , the weather , according to your phrase , most bitchiferous ; the Tweed , within twenty yards of the window at which I am writing , swelled from bank to brae , and roaring like ...
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108. oldal - Down from that strength had spurr'd their horse, Their southern rapine to renew, Far in the distant Cheviots blue, And, home returning, fill'd the hall With revel, wassail-rout, and brawl.
108. oldal - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms; Of patriot battles won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When pouring from the Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away.
107. oldal - Thus while I ape the measure wild Of tales that charm'd me yet a child, Rude though they be, still with the chime Return the thoughts of early time ; And feelings, roused in life's first day, Glow in the line, and prompt the lay.
120. oldal - Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
108. oldal - It was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall.
275. oldal - Tramp ! tramp ! along the land they rode, Splash ! splash ! along the sea ; The scourge is red, the spur drops blood, The flashing pebbles flee.
77. oldal - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a; A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
277. oldal - THE violet in her green-wood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen, or copse, or forest dingle. Though fair her gems of azure hue, Beneath the dew-drop's weight reclining; I've seen an eye of lovelier blue, More sweet through wat'ry lustre shining.
89. oldal - True History of several honourable Families of the Right Honourable Name of Scot, in the Shires of Roxburgh and Selkirk, and others adjacent, gathered out of Ancient Chronicles, Histories, and Traditions of our Fathers...
48. oldal - I was early master of, to the great annoyance of almost our only visiter, the worthy clergyman of the parish, Dr Duncan, who had not patience to have a sober chat interrupted by my shouting forth this ditty. Methinks I...