Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 6. kötetR. Cadell, 1839 |
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5. oldal
... usual . His friend's spirits were sink- ing , and he exerted himself in this way , in the hope of amusing the hours of langour at Bowhill . These letters are headed " Edinburgh Gazette Extraor- dinary , " No. 1 , No. 2 , and so on ; but ...
... usual . His friend's spirits were sink- ing , and he exerted himself in this way , in the hope of amusing the hours of langour at Bowhill . These letters are headed " Edinburgh Gazette Extraor- dinary , " No. 1 , No. 2 , and so on ; but ...
13. oldal
... usual fashion . Several of my ancestors bore the title in the 17th century ; and were it of consequence , I have no reason to be ashamed of the decent and respectable persons who connect me with that period when they carried into the ...
... usual fashion . Several of my ancestors bore the title in the 17th century ; and were it of consequence , I have no reason to be ashamed of the decent and respectable persons who connect me with that period when they carried into the ...
20. oldal
... usual , exceeded his cal- culation ; and he had both a large addition to it , and some new purchases of land , in view . Moreover , his eldest son had now fixed on the cavalry , in which service every step infers very considerable ...
... usual , exceeded his cal- culation ; and he had both a large addition to it , and some new purchases of land , in view . Moreover , his eldest son had now fixed on the cavalry , in which service every step infers very considerable ...
24. oldal
... usual views of summer pleasure here . But I trust we shall have one day the Maid of Lorn ( recovered of her lameness ) , and Charlie Stuart ( reconciled to bogs ) , and Sybil Grey ( no longer retrograde ) , and the Duke set up by a ...
... usual views of summer pleasure here . But I trust we shall have one day the Maid of Lorn ( recovered of her lameness ) , and Charlie Stuart ( reconciled to bogs ) , and Sybil Grey ( no longer retrograde ) , and the Duke set up by a ...
30. oldal
... usual garments , so that the hue thereof * " Between February 15th , 1819 , and March 14th , 1837 , Rob Roy was played in the Theatre - Royal , Edinburgh , 285 times " .- Letter from Mr W. Murray . might not betray my calling , I did ...
... usual garments , so that the hue thereof * " Between February 15th , 1819 , and March 14th , 1837 , Rob Roy was played in the Theatre - Royal , Edinburgh , 285 times " .- Letter from Mr W. Murray . might not betray my calling , I did ...
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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...