Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 1. kötetTicknor and Fields, 1861 |
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xiv. oldal
... 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 writer of fiction than by xiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR .
... 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 writer of fiction than by xiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR .
xv. oldal
John Gibson Lockhart. Spanish Ballads , as a writer of fiction than by his nov- els . These seem to have been thrown off by a sudden uncontrollable impulse to relieve the mind of its fulness , rather than as works of finished art or ...
John Gibson Lockhart. Spanish Ballads , as a writer of fiction than by his nov- els . These seem to have been thrown off by a sudden uncontrollable impulse to relieve the mind of its fulness , rather than as works of finished art or ...
xxiii. oldal
... writing very different from the text , and seem , from various circumstances , to have been added in 1826 . It appeared to me , however , that the author's modesty had prevented him from telling the story of his youth with that fulness ...
... writing very different from the text , and seem , from various circumstances , to have been added in 1826 . It appeared to me , however , that the author's modesty had prevented him from telling the story of his youth with that fulness ...
37. oldal
... Writer to the Signet . He was the eldest of a large family , several of whom I shall have occasion to mention with a tribute of sincere grati- tude . My father was a singular instance of a man rising to eminence in a profession for ...
... Writer to the Signet . He was the eldest of a large family , several of whom I shall have occasion to mention with a tribute of sincere grati- tude . My father was a singular instance of a man rising to eminence in a profession for ...
38. oldal
... Writer to the Signet , under whom he had served his apprenticeship . • His person and face were uncommonly handsome , with an expression of sweetness of temper , which was not fal- lacious ; his manners were rather formal , but full of ...
... Writer to the Signet , under whom he had served his apprenticeship . • His person and face were uncommonly handsome , with an expression of sweetness of temper , which was not fal- lacious ; his manners were rather formal , but full of ...
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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...