Famous Men of Modern TimesThomas, Cowperthwait, 1846 - 288 páginas |
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... song and story . Aunt Jenny did not fail to relate to him all these marvels , and pointed to the very places where they were said to have transpired . Such was the beginning of Walter Scott's education . When he was five or six years ...
... song and story . Aunt Jenny did not fail to relate to him all these marvels , and pointed to the very places where they were said to have transpired . Such was the beginning of Walter Scott's education . When he was five or six years ...
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... song , and rendered classic by the pastoral muse , long before Scott had thrown the rich mantle of his poetry over them . What a thrill of pleasure did I feel when first I saw the broom - covered tops of the Cowden Knowes , peeping ...
... song , and rendered classic by the pastoral muse , long before Scott had thrown the rich mantle of his poetry over them . What a thrill of pleasure did I feel when first I saw the broom - covered tops of the Cowden Knowes , peeping ...
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... song of the nursery , by which I had been lulled to sleep in my childhood , and with them , the looks and voices of ... songs of his country , and he seem- ed gratified to find me so alive to them . Their effect , in calling up in my ...
... song of the nursery , by which I had been lulled to sleep in my childhood , and with them , the looks and voices of ... songs of his country , and he seem- ed gratified to find me so alive to them . Their effect , in calling up in my ...
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... song , and most of which had recently received a romantic interest from his own pen . In fact , I saw a great part of the border country spread out before me , and could trace the scenes of those poems and romances , which had , in a ...
... song , and most of which had recently received a romantic interest from his own pen . In fact , I saw a great part of the border country spread out before me , and could trace the scenes of those poems and romances , which had , in a ...
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... song . The man consented , but required the whole party to sit down in a circle upon the floor , in the dining - room , when he commenced his strain with truly stentorian lungs . While all , including Sir Walter , were engaged in this ...
... song . The man consented , but required the whole party to sit down in a circle upon the floor , in the dining - room , when he commenced his strain with truly stentorian lungs . While all , including Sir Walter , were engaged in this ...
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Abbotsford admiration afterwards Algiers ancholy appears army Aunt Jenny Bacon beauty became Ben Jonson Bonaparte boys Burke Burns Byron Cervantes character child daughter death delight died Don Quixote doubtless Edinburgh Edinburgh Review Edmund Burke Ellisland emperor England eyes fame father favorite feeling France French garden gave genius Göthe hand heart honor human hundred Italy Johnson king labor lady literary lived London look Lord Lord Byron manners Milton mind morning mother Napoleon nature never night noble o'er Paradise Lost Paris period person poems poet poetical poetry pounds privy counsellor Prussia published rank received remarkable Samuel Johnson scene Scott seemed Shakspere Shakspere's Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott soldier song soon soul spirit Stratford theatre thee things thou thought thousand tion took verses walk wife writing wrote young youth