The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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... already had occasion repeatedly to [ It is to be inferred , from some expressions in Sir Walter Scott's correspondence and elsewhere , that the materials of this article were in part collected and arranged by his friend William Erskine ...
... already had occasion repeatedly to [ It is to be inferred , from some expressions in Sir Walter Scott's correspondence and elsewhere , that the materials of this article were in part collected and arranged by his friend William Erskine ...
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... already remonstrated , and we again enter our protest . It is in justice to the author himself that we do so , because , whatever merit individual scenes and passages may possess ( and none have been more ready than ourselves to offer ...
... already remonstrated , and we again enter our protest . It is in justice to the author himself that we do so , because , whatever merit individual scenes and passages may possess ( and none have been more ready than ourselves to offer ...
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... already described . Gibbie's pike , escaping from its sling , had fallen to a level direction across his hands , which , I grieve to say , were seeking dishonourable safety in as strong a grasp of the mane as their muscles could manage ...
... already described . Gibbie's pike , escaping from its sling , had fallen to a level direction across his hands , which , I grieve to say , were seeking dishonourable safety in as strong a grasp of the mane as their muscles could manage ...
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... already seen , of Lady Margaret's troop . The old woman is described as a zealous extra - Presbyterian ; the son as an old - fashioned Scotch boor , sly and shrewd in his own concerns , dull and indifferent to all other matters ...
... already seen , of Lady Margaret's troop . The old woman is described as a zealous extra - Presbyterian ; the son as an old - fashioned Scotch boor , sly and shrewd in his own concerns , dull and indifferent to all other matters ...
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... already indicated resentment at the delay they had been put to , Cuddie took the opportunity to whisper to his mother , ' Now ye daft auld carline , mak yoursell deaf - ye hae made us a ' deaf ere now and let me speak for ye . I wad ...
... already indicated resentment at the delay they had been put to , Cuddie took the opportunity to whisper to his mother , ' Now ye daft auld carline , mak yoursell deaf - ye hae made us a ' deaf ere now and let me speak for ye . I wad ...
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Էջ 87 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Էջ 113 - Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining Countries, from the latter part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV.
Էջ 332 - I leave to my friend, Mr. John Home, of Kilduff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen of port, provided that he attests under his hand, signed John Hume, that he has himself alone finished that bottle at two sittings. By this concession, he will at once terminate the only two differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters.
Էջ 198 - Our friend Gay is used as the friends of Tories are by Whigs — and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift, in like manner as when any one had learning formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the devil...
Էջ 135 - They hooted a third time, advancing with their cross-bows presented, and began to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward, and shot their arrows with such force and quickness, that it seemed as if it snowed.
Էջ 136 - return to him and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for...
Էջ 30 - But wherever they existed, Old Mortality was sure to visit them when his annual round brought them within his reach. In the most lonely recesses of the mountains, the moor-fowl shooter has been often surprised to find him busied in cleaning the moss from the grey stones, renewing with his chisel the half-defaced inscriptions, and repairing the emblems of death with which these simple monuments are usually adorned.
Էջ 140 - Groans of Timothy Testy and Samuel Sensitive; with a Few Supplementary Sighs from Mrs. Testy : with which are now for the First Time interspersed, Varieties, incidental to the Principal Matter, in Prose and Verse.
Էջ 133 - We be not well ordered to fight this day, for we be not in the case to do any great deed of arms; we have more need of rest.
Էջ 237 - ... as at the saddest spectacle they had ever seen. When he had led us a mile without the town, he then declared what further he had in commission; that we should not dare to meet any more above three in number; and that against eight...