The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Հատոր 4R. Cadell, 1843 |
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... Lady Margaret Ogilvy , by whom he has a numerous family ; the eldest of whom , Mr Henry Joshua Mackenzie , has been called to the situation of a Judge of the Supreme Court of [ The Gentleman's Magazine for September 1777 , gives an ...
... Lady Margaret Ogilvy , by whom he has a numerous family ; the eldest of whom , Mr Henry Joshua Mackenzie , has been called to the situation of a Judge of the Supreme Court of [ The Gentleman's Magazine for September 1777 , gives an ...
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... lady and its accompaniments are so exquisitely deli- neated , ) assures us of the accuracy and delicacy of his touch in delineating the beauties of nature . But all these powerful talents , any single one of which might have sufficed to ...
... lady and its accompaniments are so exquisitely deli- neated , ) assures us of the accuracy and delicacy of his touch in delineating the beauties of nature . But all these powerful talents , any single one of which might have sufficed to ...
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... lady who was her schoolfellow : - " In answer to your enquiry whether Mrs Smith was du- ring our intimacy at school superior to other young persons of her age , my recollection enables me to tell you , that she excelled most of us in ...
... lady who was her schoolfellow : - " In answer to your enquiry whether Mrs Smith was du- ring our intimacy at school superior to other young persons of her age , my recollection enables me to tell you , that she excelled most of us in ...
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... books continued unabated , though her reading was indiscriminate , and chiefly confined to poetry and works of fiction . At this time she sent several of her compositions to the editors of the Lady's Maga- zine CHARLOTTE SMITH . 23.
... books continued unabated , though her reading was indiscriminate , and chiefly confined to poetry and works of fiction . At this time she sent several of her compositions to the editors of the Lady's Maga- zine CHARLOTTE SMITH . 23.
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Walter Scott. her compositions to the editors of the Lady's Maga- zine , unknown to her aunt . " It is evident that Mrs Smith's education , though very expensive , was superficial , and not calculated to give her any peculiar advantages ...
Walter Scott. her compositions to the editors of the Lady's Maga- zine , unknown to her aunt . " It is evident that Mrs Smith's education , though very expensive , was superficial , and not calculated to give her any peculiar advantages ...
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Էջ 363 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Էջ 303 - I saw him again yesterday, and was surprised to find the levee-room had lost so entirely the air of the lion's den. This Sovereign don't stand in one spot, with his eyes fixed royally on the ground, and dropping bits of German news; he walks about, and speaks to everybody. I saw him afterwards on the throne, where he is graceful and genteel, sits with dignity, and reads his answers to addresses well...
Էջ 348 - A change came o'er the spirit of my dream. The boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his soul drank their sunbeams ; he was girt With strange and dusky aspects ; he was not Himself like what he had been : on the sea And on the shore he was a wanderer ! There was a mass of many image?
Էջ 374 - They could not deem me one of such ; I stood Among them, but not of them...
Էջ 272 - Let it alone now, and do it when I am gone; but you must be sure to do it"; which was one of the last things she enjoined her at parting. And so she promised her. Then Mrs. Veal asked for Mrs. Bargrave's daughter; she said she was not at home. "But if you have a mind to see her," says Mrs. Bargrave, "I'll send for her." "Do,
Էջ 363 - Or friends by him self.banish'd : for his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary, and chose For its own cruel sacrifice the kind, 'Gainst whom he raged with fury strange and blind.
Էջ 367 - My daughter ! with thy name this song begun — My daughter ! with thy name thus much shall end — I see thee not, — I hear thee not, — but none Can be so wrapt in thee ; thou art the friend To whom the shadows of far years extend : Albeit my brow thou never...
Էջ 217 - If one severe law were made and punctually executed, that whoever was found at a conventicle should be banished th'e nation and the preacher be hanged, we should soon see an end of the tale. They would all come to church, and one age would make us all one again.
Էջ 328 - Harold, nor any of the most beautiful of Byron's earlier tales, contain more exquisite morsels of poetry than are to be found scattered through the cantos of Don Juan, amidst verses which the author appears to have thrown off with an effort as spontaneous as that of a tree resigning its leaves to the wind...
Էջ 274 - ... own mouth. I should have told you before that Mrs. Veal told Mrs. Bargrave that her sister and brotherin-law were just come down from London to see her. Says Mrs. Bargrave, "How came you to order matters so strangely?" "It could not be helped,