Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 1. kötetTicknor and Fields, 1861 |
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xviii. oldal
... letters should be somewhat unap- proachable . About the secrets of his state there was necessarily some mystery , it might be as well some re- pulsiveness , to keep back the busy and forward those who are perpetually seeking - if they ...
... letters should be somewhat unap- proachable . About the secrets of his state there was necessarily some mystery , it might be as well some re- pulsiveness , to keep back the busy and forward those who are perpetually seeking - if they ...
xix. oldal
... letters . Whatever might be the fate of those of more doubtful pretensions ( even to the humblest , the lowest of authors , there was one kind of generosity in which Lockhart was never wanting if his heart was closed , his hand was ever ...
... letters . Whatever might be the fate of those of more doubtful pretensions ( even to the humblest , the lowest of authors , there was one kind of generosity in which Lockhart was never wanting if his heart was closed , his hand was ever ...
xxvi. oldal
... letters to Miss Seward : that of the Lord Seaford , in intrusting me with those addressed to his late cousin , George Ellis , Esq . and the kind readiness with which whatever papers in their possession could be service- able to my ...
... letters to Miss Seward : that of the Lord Seaford , in intrusting me with those addressed to his late cousin , George Ellis , Esq . and the kind readiness with which whatever papers in their possession could be service- able to my ...
xxx. oldal
... Letter on Flodden Field - Call to the Bar , 197 CHAPTER VII . 1792-1796 . First Expedition into Liddesdale - Study of German - Political Trials , & c . Specimen of Law Papers - Bürger's Lenore trans- lated - Disappointment in Love ...
... Letter on Flodden Field - Call to the Bar , 197 CHAPTER VII . 1792-1796 . First Expedition into Liddesdale - Study of German - Political Trials , & c . Specimen of Law Papers - Bürger's Lenore trans- lated - Disappointment in Love ...
54. oldal
... Letters , and one or two other books , which , for that reason , I still have a favour for , were admitted to relieve the gloom of one dull sermon succeeding to another there was far too much tedium annexed to the duties of the day ...
... Letters , and one or two other books , which , for that reason , I still have a favour for , were admitted to relieve the gloom of one dull sermon succeeding to another there was far too much tedium annexed to the duties of the day ...
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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...