Memoirs of the life of sir Walter Scott [by J.G. Lockhart]. |
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... said , ' local names and pe- culiarities make a fictitious story look so much better in the face . In fact , from his boyish habits , he was 6 6 but half satisfied with the most beautiful scenery 20 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... said , ' local names and pe- culiarities make a fictitious story look so much better in the face . In fact , from his boyish habits , he was 6 6 but half satisfied with the most beautiful scenery 20 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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John Gibson Lockhart. 6 6 but half satisfied with the most beautiful scenery when he could not connect with it some local legend , and when I was forced sometimes to confess with the Knife - grinder , Story ! God bless you ! I have none ...
John Gibson Lockhart. 6 6 but half satisfied with the most beautiful scenery when he could not connect with it some local legend , and when I was forced sometimes to confess with the Knife - grinder , Story ! God bless you ! I have none ...
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... beautiful . He read me some very splendid extracts which he had him- self translated . Should you meet him in London , I have given him charge to be acquainted with you , for I am sure you will like each other . To be sure , I know him ...
... beautiful . He read me some very splendid extracts which he had him- self translated . Should you meet him in London , I have given him charge to be acquainted with you , for I am sure you will like each other . To be sure , I know him ...
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... beautiful stanzas , inscribed to Scott by Mr Wilson , under the title of the " Magic Mirror , " in which that enthusiastic young poet also bears a lofty and lasting testimony to the gentle kindness with which his earlier efforts had ...
... beautiful stanzas , inscribed to Scott by Mr Wilson , under the title of the " Magic Mirror , " in which that enthusiastic young poet also bears a lofty and lasting testimony to the gentle kindness with which his earlier efforts had ...
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... beautiful and highly characteristic introduction of this forgotten poet of the 17th cen- tury . " The present age has been so distinguished for research into poetical antiquities , that the discovery of an unknown bard is , in certain ...
... beautiful and highly characteristic introduction of this forgotten poet of the 17th cen- tury . " The present age has been so distinguished for research into poetical antiquities , that the discovery of an unknown bard is , in certain ...
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Page 140 - ... within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
Page 314 - Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Through the rude bosom of the hill, And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and dark abyss, Tells of the outrage still. The wildest glen, but this, can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; On high Benmore...
Page 58 - Having quitted the Borders, to seek new renown, Is coming, by long Quarto stages to Town : And beginning with ROKEBY (the job's sure to pay.) Means to do all the Gentlemen's Seats on the way. Now, the Scheme is (though none of our Hackneys can beat him) To start a fresh Poet through Highgate to meet him ; ' , Who, by means of quick proofs— no revises— long coaches — May do a few Villas, before Sc — TT approaches.
Page 315 - Through the rude bosom of the hill, And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and dark abyss, Tells of the outrage still. The wildest glen, but this, can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; On high Benmore green mosses grow, And heath-bells bud in deep...
Page 315 - But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 406 - If I could but hit Miss Edgeworth's wonderful power of vivifying all her persons, and making them live as beings in your mind, I should not be afraid...
Page 214 - My father," said Earl Patrick, " built his house at Sumburgh on the sand, and it has given way already ; this of mine on the rock shall abide and endure." He did not or would not understand that the oppression, rapacity, and cruelty, by means of which the house arose were what the clergyman really pointed to in his recommendation of a motto. Accordingly, the huge tower remains wild and desolate — its chambers filled with sand, and its rifted walls and dismantled battlements giving unrestrained...
Page 397 - ... When the success of the work so entirely knocked me down as a man of taste, all that the good-natured author said was—' Well, I really thought you were wrong about the Scotch. Why, Burns, by his poetry, had already attracted universal attention to every thing Scottish, and I confess I could'nt see why I should not be able to keep the flame alive, merely because I wrote Scotch in prose, and he in rhyme.
Page 184 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep ; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
Page 35 - Abbotsford as well as in town ; and, to say truth, the auxiliary . copy arrived in good time, for my original one suffers as much by its general popularity among my young people, as a popular candidate from the hugs and embraces of his democratical admirers. The clearness and accuracy of your painting, whether natural or moral, renders, I have often remarked, your works generally delightful to those whose youth might render them insensible to the other beauties with which they...