Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 1. kötetTicknor and Fields, 1861 |
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33. oldal
... mother's side . My father's grandfather was Walter Scott , well known in Teviotdale by the surname of Beardie . He was the second son of Walter Scott , first Laird of Raeburn , who was third son of Sir William Scott , and the grandson ...
... mother's side . My father's grandfather was Walter Scott , well known in Teviotdale by the surname of Beardie . He was the second son of Walter Scott , first Laird of Raeburn , who was third son of Sir William Scott , and the grandson ...
34. oldal
... mother , Isobel MacDougal . I suppose he had some allowance for his care in either case , and subsisted upon that and the fortune which he had by his wife , a Miss Campbell of Silvercraigs , in the west , through which connexion my ...
... mother , Isobel MacDougal . I suppose he had some allowance for his care in either case , and subsisted upon that and the fortune which he had by his wife , a Miss Campbell of Silvercraigs , in the west , through which connexion my ...
38. oldal
... mother or aunt to be maintained , he was , I am afraid , too apt to administer to their necessities from what the young heir had destined exclusively to his pleasures . This ready discharge of obligations which the Civilians tell us are ...
... mother or aunt to be maintained , he was , I am afraid , too apt to administer to their necessities from what the young heir had destined exclusively to his pleasures . This ready discharge of obligations which the Civilians tell us are ...
40. oldal
... mother the sole surviving child , was a daughter of Sir John Swinton of Swinton , a family which produced many dis- tinguished warriors during the middle ages , and which , for antiquity and honourable alliances , may rank with in ...
... mother the sole surviving child , was a daughter of Sir John Swinton of Swinton , a family which produced many dis- tinguished warriors during the middle ages , and which , for antiquity and honourable alliances , may rank with in ...
41. oldal
... retired from the army , and kept house with my mother . His health was totally broken , and he died , yet a young man , on 8th May , 1816.— [ 1826. ] while her fingers were betwixt the hasp and staple . AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 41.
... retired from the army , and kept house with my mother . His health was totally broken , and he died , yet a young man , on 8th May , 1816.— [ 1826. ] while her fingers were betwixt the hasp and staple . AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 41.
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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...