Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 1. kötetTicknor and Fields, 1861 |
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xii. oldal
... complacently listen to the strife of conversers , till some dilemma in the chain of recollection or argument arose , and then the 1 ready memory drew forth the missing link , and the xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR .
... complacently listen to the strife of conversers , till some dilemma in the chain of recollection or argument arose , and then the 1 ready memory drew forth the missing link , and the xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR .
44. oldal
... recollection of the slightest event , Ì was , agreeably to this friendly counsel , an inmate in the farm - house of Sandy - Knowe . An odd incident is worth recording . It seems my mother had sent a maid to take charge of me , that I ...
... recollection of the slightest event , Ì was , agreeably to this friendly counsel , an inmate in the farm - house of Sandy - Knowe . An odd incident is worth recording . It seems my mother had sent a maid to take charge of me , that I ...
50. oldal
... recollections of these celebrated places of visitation proved to be , and I have ever since trusted more implicitly to my juvenile reminiscences . At Bath , where I lived about a year , I went through all the usual discipline of the ...
... recollections of these celebrated places of visitation proved to be , and I have ever since trusted more implicitly to my juvenile reminiscences . At Bath , where I lived about a year , I went through all the usual discipline of the ...
51. oldal
... recollection , and are only rivalled by the splendours of a toy - shop somewhere near the Orange Grove . I had acquired , I know not by what means , a kind of superstitious terror for statuary of all kinds . No ancient Iconoclast or ...
... recollection , and are only rivalled by the splendours of a toy - shop somewhere near the Orange Grove . I had acquired , I know not by what means , a kind of superstitious terror for statuary of all kinds . No ancient Iconoclast or ...
76. oldal
... recollection of home for a day or two . Meanwhile our companions , who had walked on without being aware of our digression , returned to Edin- burgh without us , and excited no small alarm in my father's household . At length , however ...
... recollection of home for a day or two . Meanwhile our companions , who had walked on without being aware of our digression , returned to Edin- burgh without us , and excited no small alarm in my father's household . At length , however ...
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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...