The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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... forces , the adventurer marched forward , like the hero of a romance , to prove his fortune . The most considerable part of the regular army moved to meet him at the pass of Corry - arrack ; and here , as we learn from these papers ...
... forces , the adventurer marched forward , like the hero of a romance , to prove his fortune . The most considerable part of the regular army moved to meet him at the pass of Corry - arrack ; and here , as we learn from these papers ...
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Sir Walter Scott. master of the metropolis of Scotland . The King's forces having again united at Dunbar , and being about to advance upon Edinburgh , sustained at Prestonpans one of the most complete defeats re- corded in history ...
Sir Walter Scott. master of the metropolis of Scotland . The King's forces having again united at Dunbar , and being about to advance upon Edinburgh , sustained at Prestonpans one of the most complete defeats re- corded in history ...
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... - markable as the audacity of the advance . With Ligonier's army on one flank , and Cumberland's in the rear - surrounded by hostile forces , -and without one hope remaining of countenance or as- sistance from 6 MISCELLANEOUS CRITICISM .
... - markable as the audacity of the advance . With Ligonier's army on one flank , and Cumberland's in the rear - surrounded by hostile forces , -and without one hope remaining of countenance or as- sistance from 6 MISCELLANEOUS CRITICISM .
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... force , compelled these adventurers to retreat towards their northern re- cesses , they were so far from being disheartened that they generally had the advantage in the sort of skirmishing warfare which preceded their final defeat at ...
... force , compelled these adventurers to retreat towards their northern re- cesses , they were so far from being disheartened that they generally had the advantage in the sort of skirmishing warfare which preceded their final defeat at ...
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... force of either description ; and in such a hopeless position they awaited the encounter of an enemy more than double their numbers , fully equipped , and in a complete state for battle . The result was what might have been expected ...
... force of either description ; and in such a hopeless position they awaited the encounter of an enemy more than double their numbers , fully equipped , and in a complete state for battle . The result was what might have been expected ...
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Էջ 175 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Էջ 109 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth...
Էջ 328 - Habitus corporum varii, atque ex eo argumenta. Namque rutilae Caledoniam habitantium comae, magni artus Germanicam originem asseverant. Silurum colorati vultus, torti plerumque crines, et posita contra Hispania Iberos veteres traiecisse easque sedes occupasse fidem faciunt. Proximi Gallis et similes sunt, seu durante originis vi, seu procurrentibus in diversa terris positio coeli corporibus habitum dedit.
Էջ 114 - Knipp took us all in. and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of 'Coelia' to-day very fine, and did it pretty well; I kissed her. and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is.
Էջ 278 - ... it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of any two series of events being independent of each other ; and, in science, so many natural miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, — such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a...
Էջ 243 - And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.
Էջ 111 - Privy-garden saw the finest smocks and linnen petticoats of my Lady Castlemaine's, laced with rich lace at the bottom, that ever I saw ; and did me good to look at them.
Էջ 205 - But fill'd, in elder time, the historic page. There, Shakespeare's self, with every garland crown'd, Flew to those fairy climes his fancy sheen, In musing hour, his wayward Sisters found, And with their terrors drest the magic scene. From them he sung, when, 'mid his bold design, Before the Scot, afflicted, and aghast ! The shadowy kings of Banquo's fated line Through the dark cave in gleamy pageant pass'd.
Էջ 4 - Walpole, paints an indifference yet more ominous to the public cause than the general panic : — " the common people in town at least know how to be afraid ; but we are such uncommon people here...
Էջ 140 - Home from my office to my Lord's lodgings where my wife had got ready a very fine dinner — viz. a dish of marrow bones; a leg of mutton; a loin of veal; a dish of fowl, three pullets, and a dozen of larks all in a dish; a great tart, a neat's tongue, a dish of anchovies; a dish of prawns and cheese.