Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volumen6R. Cadell, 1839 |
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... truly yours , WALTER SCOTT . " Scott's letters of this and the two following months are very much occupied with the painful subject of the Duke of Buccleuch's health ; but those addressed to his Grace himself are , in general , in a ...
... truly yours , WALTER SCOTT . " Scott's letters of this and the two following months are very much occupied with the painful subject of the Duke of Buccleuch's health ; but those addressed to his Grace himself are , in general , in a ...
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... truly yours , WALTER SCOTT . " ments . * Sir Walter Blunt- 1st King Henry IV . , Act V. Scene 3 . + See Moliere's " George Dandin . " A few additional circumstances are given in a let- ter 12 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... truly yours , WALTER SCOTT . " ments . * Sir Walter Blunt- 1st King Henry IV . , Act V. Scene 3 . + See Moliere's " George Dandin . " A few additional circumstances are given in a let- ter 12 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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... truly vexed if the Duke had thought of writing about this . I don't wish to hear from him till I can have his account of the lines of Torres Vedras . I care so little how or where I travel , that I am not sure at all whether I shall not ...
... truly vexed if the Duke had thought of writing about this . I don't wish to hear from him till I can have his account of the lines of Torres Vedras . I care so little how or where I travel , that I am not sure at all whether I shall not ...
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... truly yours , WALTER SCOTT . " On the 15th of February 1819 , Scott witnessed the first representation , on the Edinburgh boards , of the most meritorious and successful of all the Terry- fications , though Terry himself was not the ...
... truly yours , WALTER SCOTT . " On the 15th of February 1819 , Scott witnessed the first representation , on the Edinburgh boards , of the most meritorious and successful of all the Terry- fications , though Terry himself was not the ...
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... truly obliged and faithful WALTER SCOTT . " Before this letter reached Lord Montagu , his brother had sailed for Lisbon . The Duke of Wel- lington had placed his house in that capital ( the Palace das Necessidades ) at the Duke of ...
... truly obliged and faithful WALTER SCOTT . " Before this letter reached Lord Montagu , his brother had sailed for Lisbon . The Duke of Wel- lington had placed his house in that capital ( the Palace das Necessidades ) at the Duke of ...
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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...