The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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... supposed that the sage femme of the highest reputation was most likely to devote the infants to the infernal spirits , upon their very en- trance into life . " It is remarkable that Michael , Jude 9 , durst not bring against Sathan a ...
... supposed that the sage femme of the highest reputation was most likely to devote the infants to the infernal spirits , upon their very en- trance into life . " It is remarkable that Michael , Jude 9 , durst not bring against Sathan a ...
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... supposed that in the case of these , as of other successful novels , the most prominent and peculiar characters were sketched from real life . It was only after the death of Smollet , that a bookbinder and a barber con- 1 [ Alluding to ...
... supposed that in the case of these , as of other successful novels , the most prominent and peculiar characters were sketched from real life . It was only after the death of Smollet , that a bookbinder and a barber con- 1 [ Alluding to ...
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... from Don Quixote , it is difficult to conceive : for Tales of my Landlord they are not , nor is it indeed easy to say whose tales they ought to be called . There is a proem , as it is termed , supposed TALES OF MY LANDLORD . 21.
... from Don Quixote , it is difficult to conceive : for Tales of my Landlord they are not , nor is it indeed easy to say whose tales they ought to be called . There is a proem , as it is termed , supposed TALES OF MY LANDLORD . 21.
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... supposed scene of witchery and an object of superstitious terror . The Black Dwarf is thus described : - " The height of the object , which seemed even to decrease as they approached it , appeared to be under four feet , and its form ...
... supposed scene of witchery and an object of superstitious terror . The Black Dwarf is thus described : - " The height of the object , which seemed even to decrease as they approached it , appeared to be under four feet , and its form ...
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... supposed , to his deceased wife , fill up the dramatis persona . This list of personages is not numerous , yet the tale is far from corresponding in simplicity . On the contrary , it abounds with plots , elopements TALES OF MY LANDlord .
... supposed , to his deceased wife , fill up the dramatis persona . This list of personages is not numerous , yet the tale is far from corresponding in simplicity . On the contrary , it abounds with plots , elopements TALES OF MY LANDlord .
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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...