Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 6. kötetR. Cadell, 1839 |
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10. oldal
... affectionate . I trust it will not . At least , the first expression of their feelings was ho- nourable , for it was a unanimous wish to give up all to their mother . This I explained to them was out of the question ; but that if they ...
... affectionate . I trust it will not . At least , the first expression of their feelings was ho- nourable , for it was a unanimous wish to give up all to their mother . This I explained to them was out of the question ; but that if they ...
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... affectionately WALTER SCOTT . " yours , Before quitting the year 1818 , I ought to have mentioned that among Scott's miscellaneous occupa- tions in its autumn , he found time to contribute some curious materials toward a new edition of ...
... affectionately WALTER SCOTT . " yours , Before quitting the year 1818 , I ought to have mentioned that among Scott's miscellaneous occupa- tions in its autumn , he found time to contribute some curious materials toward a new edition of ...
37. oldal
... affectionate care and cheerful society of Captain Fergusson , the invalid had every additional source of comfort that his friends could have wished for him . But the malady had gone too far to be arrested by a change of climate ; and ...
... affectionate care and cheerful society of Captain Fergusson , the invalid had every additional source of comfort that his friends could have wished for him . But the malady had gone too far to be arrested by a change of climate ; and ...
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... affectionately , R. S. " Mr Southey's letter had further announced his wife's safe delivery of a son ; the approach of the conclusion of his History of Brazil ; and his undertaking of the Life of Wesley . " To Robert Southey , Esq ...
... affectionately , R. S. " Mr Southey's letter had further announced his wife's safe delivery of a son ; the approach of the conclusion of his History of Brazil ; and his undertaking of the Life of Wesley . " To Robert Southey , Esq ...
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... affectionately , in W. S. " The Mr David Bridges here mentioned has occurred already.— See ante , Vol . V. p . 352. The jokers in Blackwood made him happy by dubbing him " The Director - General of the Fine Arts for Scotland . " . He ...
... affectionately , in W. S. " The Mr David Bridges here mentioned has occurred already.— See ante , Vol . V. p . 352. The jokers in Blackwood made him happy by dubbing him " The Director - General of the Fine Arts for Scotland . " . He ...
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18th Hussars 66 Edinburgh Abbotsford acquaintance Adam Fergusson admirable affection affectionate Allan Allan Cunningham amuse appeared attend author of Marmion Author of Waverley Bailie beautiful believe Blair-Adam Bride of Lammermoor brother Captain Castle Chantrey character Charles Constable Cornet course Darnick daughter Dear Lord Dear Walter death delight Ditton Ditton Park Duke of Buccleuch Erskine father favour feelings Galashiels give Grace habits hand happy heard honour hope horse Ivanhoe J. G. Lockhart John Ballantyne kind labour Lady Laird letter Lockhart London look Lord Montagu Lord Sidmouth Lordship manners matter mind morning never novelist novels occasion person pleasure poor present Prince received regiment scene Scotland seemed Sir Thomas Sir Walter soon Sophia sort spirit suppose Terry thing thought tion Tom Purdie truly WALTER SCOTT whole wish write young
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190. oldal - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
177. oldal - But- a glance on the great picture of life will show, that the duties of self-denial, and the sacrifice of passion to principle, are seldom thus remunerated ; and that the internal consciousness of their high-minded discharge of duty produces on their own reflections a more adequate recompense, in the form of that peace which the world cannot give or take away.
171. oldal - CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.
101. oldal - Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, Or rather like tragedy giving a rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud: And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own.
68. oldal - But when dialogue of peculiar animation was in progress, spirit seemed to triumph altogether over matter — he arose from his couch and walked up and down the room, raisingand lowering his voice, and as it were acting the parts. It was in this fashion that Scott produced the far greater portion of The Bride of Lammermoor — the whole of the Legend of Montrose — and almost the whole of Ivanhoe.
243. oldal - So passed the winter's day ; but still, . When summer smiled on sweet Bowhill, And July's eve, with balmy breath, Waved the blue-bells on Newark heath ; When throstles sung in Hare-head shaw, And corn was green on Carterhaugh, And flourished, broad, Blackandro's oak, The aged Harper's soul awoke...
246. oldal - Laidlaw whispering to me, one night, when their " rapt talk " had kept the circle round the fire until long after the usual bedtime of Abbotsford — " Gude preserve us ! this is a very superior occasion ! Eh, sirs...
249. oldal - as long as my arm," beginning with thanks to the Almighty, who had given man dominion over the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field, and...
194. oldal - Indeed he did not confine this humanity to his own people. Any steady servant of a friend of his was soon considered as a sort of friend too, and was sure to have a kind little colloquy to himself at coming and going.
349. oldal - Almighty to witness his resolution to maintain their laws and privileges, whilst they called, at the same moment, on the Divine Being, to bear witness that they accepted him for their liege Sovereign, and pledged to him their love and their duty. I cannot describe to you the effect produced by the solemn, yet strange mixture of...