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...Marmion, 160 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty...To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No! when the sons of song descend <o trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such...

...The gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base. And think'stthou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste...combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 60 Let such...

...Marmion, 100 Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace; A mighty...perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, ThoughMuRRAY withhis MILLER maycombine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No! when the...

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...Mannion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A mighty mixture of the great and base." A great many other passages might be cited from the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," but we forbear...

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...mournful to the blast.' And the following are from twenty lines which he bestows on " Marmion :" ' And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance,...Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy mnse just half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear,...

...Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace; A mighty mixture of the great and base. congruous and absurd as the ground-work of this production. The entrance of Thundering and Lightning...

...foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon , yet but half a Knight , The gibbet or the field prepar'd to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base....to foist thy stale romance , Though MURRAY with his MIIAER may combine To yield thy muse j ust half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend...