Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volumen6R. Cadell, 1839 |
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... grace and kindness , were sufficient to account for the alteration of his manner and appearance . spent Monday with him quietly and alone , and I must say that all I saw and heard was calculated to give me the greatest pain . His ...
... grace and kindness , were sufficient to account for the alteration of his manner and appearance . spent Monday with him quietly and alone , and I must say that all I saw and heard was calculated to give me the greatest pain . His ...
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... Grace himself are , in general , in a more jocose strain than usual . His friend's spirits were sink- ing , and he ... Grace's acquaintance , who would willingly have some military hints from you for the continuation of the article , if ...
... Grace himself are , in general , in a more jocose strain than usual . His friend's spirits were sink- ing , and he ... Grace's acquaintance , who would willingly have some military hints from you for the continuation of the article , if ...
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... Grace . I can scribble as fast in the Court of Session as anywhere else , with- out the least loss of time or hinderance of business . At the same time , I cannot help laughing at the miscellaneous trash I have been putting out of my ...
... Grace . I can scribble as fast in the Court of Session as anywhere else , with- out the least loss of time or hinderance of business . At the same time , I cannot help laughing at the miscellaneous trash I have been putting out of my ...
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... upon a trying vote , had the grace to say to the Premier , across the table of the House of Commons , " Doctor ! the Thanes fly from thee ! " expressly , without waiting till he has some new batch OFFER OF A BARONETCY . 11.
... upon a trying vote , had the grace to say to the Premier , across the table of the House of Commons , " Doctor ! the Thanes fly from thee ! " expressly , without waiting till he has some new batch OFFER OF A BARONETCY . 11.
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... Grace hearing , when in London , that one of the Barons of Exchequer at Edinburgh meant speedily to resign , the Captain had , by his desire , written to urge on Scott the propriety of re- newing his application for a seat on that bench ...
... Grace hearing , when in London , that one of the Barons of Exchequer at Edinburgh meant speedily to resign , the Captain had , by his desire , written to urge on Scott the propriety of re- newing his application for a seat on that bench ...
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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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Página 190 - 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.
Página 177 - 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.
Página 171 - 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.
Página 101 - 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.
Página 68 - 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.
Página 243 - 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...
Página 246 - 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...
Página 249 - 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...
Página 194 - 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.
Página 349 - 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...