The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volumen 10Carey & Hart, 1847 |
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... means of curing any peculiar malady . But as my phrase called him , that is , guardian to his infant habits of ... mean to say , that my success in literature has not red me to mix familiarly in society much above my birth and original ...
... means of curing any peculiar malady . But as my phrase called him , that is , guardian to his infant habits of ... mean to say , that my success in literature has not red me to mix familiarly in society much above my birth and original ...
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... means of attaining the distinction to which we aspired . In this society I was naturally led to correct my former useless course of reading ; for feeling myself greatly inferior to my companions in metaphysical philosophy , and other ...
... means of attaining the distinction to which we aspired . In this society I was naturally led to correct my former useless course of reading ; for feeling myself greatly inferior to my companions in metaphysical philosophy , and other ...
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... means of written papers , a ready penman , in a well - employed chamber , could earn in this way " As for Burns , " ( he writes , ) " I may truly say , enough , at all events , to make a handsome addition Virgilium vidi tantum . I was a ...
... means of written papers , a ready penman , in a well - employed chamber , could earn in this way " As for Burns , " ( he writes , ) " I may truly say , enough , at all events , to make a handsome addition Virgilium vidi tantum . I was a ...
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... means of removing himself to a distant colony , where he spends several years in the drudgery of a very humble occupation , but by degrees establishes for himself a new character , which commands the anxious interest of strangers ; and ...
... means of removing himself to a distant colony , where he spends several years in the drudgery of a very humble occupation , but by degrees establishes for himself a new character , which commands the anxious interest of strangers ; and ...
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... means of paying for my education . " Compassionating the young man's situation , Scott soothed his weakness , and kept his secret , but by no means broke off the acquaintance . Some months had elapsed before he again met the Bluegown ...
... means of paying for my education . " Compassionating the young man's situation , Scott soothed his weakness , and kept his secret , but by no means broke off the acquaintance . Some months had elapsed before he again met the Bluegown ...
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Página 12 - The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were not common occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes ; nor do I believe I ever read a book half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm.
Página 34 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed, I say literally glowed, when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
Página 84 - Scott observed that, in the verses on Solomon's Temple, one striking circumstance had escaped him, namely, that no tools were used in its erection. Reginald retired for a few minutes to the corner of the room, and returned with the beautiful lines, — " No hammer fell, no ponderous axes rung, Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
Página 33 - Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that mother wept her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery baptized in tears.
Página 34 - ... clownish ; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents.
Página 275 - The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill, In Ettrick's vale, is sinking sweet ; The westland wind is hush and still — The lake lies sleeping at my feet. Yet not the landscape to mine eye Bears those bright hues that once it bore : Though evening, with her richest dye, Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. ' With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruin'd pride.
Página 177 - I understood him when he replied, ' that in nature herself no two scenes are exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what was before his eyes, would possess the same variety in his descriptions, and exhibit apparently an imagination as boundless as the range of nature in the scenes he recorded...
Página 34 - I recollect pulling up the reins without meaning to do so, and gazing on the scene before me as if I had been afraid it would shift like those in a theatre before I could distinctly observe its different parts, or convince myself that what I saw was
Página 17 - 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...
Página 244 - He was often melancholy — almost gloomy. When I observed him in this humour, I used either to wait till it went off of its own accord, or till some natural and easy mode occurred of leading him into conversation, when the shadows almost always left his countenance, like the mist rising from a landscape. In conversation he was very animated.