The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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... lived long enough in England to know the na- tural bravery of the people , particularly of the better sort , I should , from their behaviour of late , have had a very false opi- nion of them ; for the least scrap of good news exalts ...
... lived long enough in England to know the na- tural bravery of the people , particularly of the better sort , I should , from their behaviour of late , have had a very false opi- nion of them ; for the least scrap of good news exalts ...
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... lived for each other , laboured in common , married usually within the clan , and , the passages from one vale to another being dangerous in most seasons , and toilsome in all , had very little communication with the world beyond their ...
... lived for each other , laboured in common , married usually within the clan , and , the passages from one vale to another being dangerous in most seasons , and toilsome in all , had very little communication with the world beyond their ...
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... lived to woful days , " said an Argyleshire chieftain to us in 1788 : " When I was young , the only question asked concerning a man's rank , was how many men lived on his estate -then it came to be how many black cattle it could keep ...
... lived to woful days , " said an Argyleshire chieftain to us in 1788 : " When I was young , the only question asked concerning a man's rank , was how many men lived on his estate -then it came to be how many black cattle it could keep ...
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... lived very nearly the same relation which the Hum- sauyas , described by Mr Elphinstone , bear to the Ooloss , or Afghaun tribe , with whom they reside . Several of the most ancient of the Highland names and tribes are to be found in ...
... lived very nearly the same relation which the Hum- sauyas , described by Mr Elphinstone , bear to the Ooloss , or Afghaun tribe , with whom they reside . Several of the most ancient of the Highland names and tribes are to be found in ...
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... lived on the other side of the hill . " There yet remained another source of accession . In ancient times , the Highlanders , like the Indians , adopted prisoners of war into their tribes . Thus when the Marquis of Huntley and the Laird ...
... lived on the other side of the hill . " There yet remained another source of accession . In ancient times , the Highlanders , like the Indians , adopted prisoners of war into their tribes . Thus when the Marquis of Huntley and the Laird ...
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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.