The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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... observations of an impartial , and , on the whole , an unpreju- diced stranger , it is a good record of Highland manners at the commencement of the 18th century . This peculiarity , which , in the course of ages CULLODEN PAPERS . 21.
... observations of an impartial , and , on the whole , an unpreju- diced stranger , it is a good record of Highland manners at the commencement of the 18th century . This peculiarity , which , in the course of ages CULLODEN PAPERS . 21.
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... observed that the intended robbery of the Murray - man is treated as a matter of course . The only thing requiring apology was the aggres- sion on an allied and friendly clan.1 The artisans in a Highland tribe were few , but rose in ...
... observed that the intended robbery of the Murray - man is treated as a matter of course . The only thing requiring apology was the aggres- sion on an allied and friendly clan.1 The artisans in a Highland tribe were few , but rose in ...
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... observed in a system which appeared entirely to hinge upon it . Never- theless , in pressing circumstances , this rule was sometimes overlooked . Usurpations and revolu- tions also occasionally took place , as in larger prin- cipalities ...
... observed in a system which appeared entirely to hinge upon it . Never- theless , in pressing circumstances , this rule was sometimes overlooked . Usurpations and revolu- tions also occasionally took place , as in larger prin- cipalities ...
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... observed that , in for- mer times , the Highland chiefs paid allegiance to princes of their own , altogether distinct from the King of Scotland , with whom they were some- times at war , sometimes at peace , or , at the utmost ...
... observed that , in for- mer times , the Highland chiefs paid allegiance to princes of their own , altogether distinct from the King of Scotland , with whom they were some- times at war , sometimes at peace , or , at the utmost ...
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... observed with terror , that they were regularly watched , during the milking , by an emaciated miserable- looking female figure , who appeared from among the bushes , but retired with great swiftness when any one approached her . The ...
... observed with terror , that they were regularly watched , during the milking , by an emaciated miserable- looking female figure , who appeared from among the bushes , but retired with great swiftness when any one approached her . The ...
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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.