Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 1. kötetTicknor and Fields, 1861 |
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viii. oldal
... Letters to his Kinsfolk , " a lively picture of Scottish society , character , and manners . Soon after his marriage , he removed , with his wife , from Edinburgh to Chiefswood , a pleasant retreat within two miles of Abbotsford . He ...
... Letters to his Kinsfolk , " a lively picture of Scottish society , character , and manners . Soon after his marriage , he removed , with his wife , from Edinburgh to Chiefswood , a pleasant retreat within two miles of Abbotsford . He ...
x. oldal
... letter he declared , that he wrote as if the spirit of Scott , intent only upon truth , looked down upon him at the moment of composition . His work must redound to his praise as a wise , faithful , and masterly biographer . We ...
... letter he declared , that he wrote as if the spirit of Scott , intent only upon truth , looked down upon him at the moment of composition . His work must redound to his praise as a wise , faithful , and masterly biographer . We ...
xiv. oldal
... letters , with all the ambition for literary fame which burnt in his youthful mind , there was still his shyness , fastidiousness , reserve . No doubt he might have taken a higher place as a poet than by the Spanish Ballads , as a ...
... letters , with all the ambition for literary fame which burnt in his youthful mind , there was still his shyness , fastidiousness , reserve . No doubt he might have taken a higher place as a poet than by the Spanish Ballads , as a ...
xvi. oldal
... letters for the sake of letters , with a sovereign con- tempt and aversion for the pedantry of authorship , warm attachments , even the love of brute beasts in admira- tion of the past , in the enjoyment of the present , in bright ...
... letters for the sake of letters , with a sovereign con- tempt and aversion for the pedantry of authorship , warm attachments , even the love of brute beasts in admira- tion of the past , in the enjoyment of the present , in bright ...
xvii. oldal
... letters , to force good books on an un- prepared and reluctant public , and , at the same time , to achieve such riches as had never crossed the imagination of the most fortunate bibliopole . All this error Lockhart had long seen ...
... letters , to force good books on an un- prepared and reluctant public , and , at the same time , to achieve such riches as had never crossed the imagination of the most fortunate bibliopole . All this error Lockhart had long seen ...
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Abbotsford acquaintance Adam Fergusson admiration affectionate afterwards alluded amusement ancient appearance Ashestiel attended aunt ballads beautiful believe brother called Castle character Colonel Grogg companion connexion copy Court daughter dear delight doubt Dugald Stewart early Edinburgh excursion father favourite feelings Fergusson gentleman George Chalmers George's Square Gilsland Guy Mannering habits heard heart Highland honour hour Irving James Jedburgh John John Irving Kelso lady Laird letter Liddesdale literary Lockhart Lord manner master Meigle Memoir memory mind Miss moss-trooper mother never Newmains occasion party period person Perthshire pleasure poet poetry poor present Raeburn recollection Redgauntlet remember residence Robert Scott romance Rosebank Roxburghshire Rutherford Sandy-Knowe says scene Scotland Scots Law Scottish Shortreed Sir Walter Scott society soon story tell thing thought tion uncle venerable verses vols Waverley William Clerk writing young youth
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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...