English Men of Letters, Volumen 7John Morley Harper & Brothers, 1894 |
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... called Charles Edward not the Pre 22 2 1 Lockhart's Life of Scott , vi . 172-3 . The edition referred to is throughout the edition of 1839 in ten volumes . 2 Lockhart's Life of Scott , x . 241 . tender but the Chevalier , -and he did ...
... called Charles Edward not the Pre 22 2 1 Lockhart's Life of Scott , vi . 172-3 . The edition referred to is throughout the edition of 1839 in ten volumes . 2 Lockhart's Life of Scott , x . 241 . tender but the Chevalier , -and he did ...
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... called the Temple of Serapis among the ruins of which he stood , he only remarked that he would believe whatever he was told , " for many of his friends , and particularly Mr. Morritt , had frequently tried to drive classical ...
... called the Temple of Serapis among the ruins of which he stood , he only remarked that he would believe whatever he was told , " for many of his friends , and particularly Mr. Morritt , had frequently tried to drive classical ...
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... called in Germany the Sturm - und - Drang , the " fret - and - fury " period of Scott's life , so far as one so mellow and genial in temper ever passed through a period of fret and fury at all . In other words these were the days of ...
... called in Germany the Sturm - und - Drang , the " fret - and - fury " period of Scott's life , so far as one so mellow and genial in temper ever passed through a period of fret and fury at all . In other words these were the days of ...
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... called upon to take the ' big ha ' Bible , ' in the good old fashion of Burns ' Saturday Night and some progress had been already made in the service , when the good man of the farm , whose ' tendency , ' as Mr. Mitchell says , was ...
... called upon to take the ' big ha ' Bible , ' in the good old fashion of Burns ' Saturday Night and some progress had been already made in the service , when the good man of the farm , whose ' tendency , ' as Mr. Mitchell says , was ...
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... of humorous foretaste of this impatience , saying to William Clerk , who had been called with him , as he mimicked the air and tone of a Highland - lass waiting at the Cross of Edinburgh to be JL . ] 27 YOUTH - CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
... of humorous foretaste of this impatience , saying to William Clerk , who had been called with him , as he mimicked the air and tone of a Highland - lass waiting at the Cross of Edinburgh to be JL . ] 27 YOUTH - CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
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Página 20 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 101 - To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Página 101 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Página 108 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Página 99 - But that same gentle Spirit, from whose pen Large streames of honnie and sweete Nectar flowe, Scorning the boldnes of such base-borne men, Which dare their follies forth so rashlie throwe, Doth rather choose to sit in idle Cell, Than so himselfe to mockerie to sell.
Página 31 - The violet in her green-wood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen, or copse, or forest dingle. Though fair her gems of azure hue, Beneath the dew-drop's weight reclining; I've seen an eye of lovelier blue, More sweet through wat'ry lustre shining.
Página 10 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away. While...
Página 46 - In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot: Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost : Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung.
Página 37 - Minstrelsy than even in The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake taken together.