The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Հատոր 2,Հատորներ 4-5Baudry's European Library, 1837 - 477 էջ |
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... held by most antiquaries , that the Lowlanders , at least , are a kindred tribe . The constant intercourse our ancestors maintained with Flanders , from which , according to contem- porary accounts , they derived almost every article ...
... held by most antiquaries , that the Lowlanders , at least , are a kindred tribe . The constant intercourse our ancestors maintained with Flanders , from which , according to contem- porary accounts , they derived almost every article ...
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... held , and I doubt not justly , the very perfection of military science . And , upon a nearer approach , even the picturesque traveller finds some gratification . This is chiefly experienced upon his entrance into the town . Here ...
... held , and I doubt not justly , the very perfection of military science . And , upon a nearer approach , even the picturesque traveller finds some gratification . This is chiefly experienced upon his entrance into the town . Here ...
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... held good , until they had for- gotten the late alarming and precarious state in which their country had been placed , and particularly until the departure of the allied [ Byron's Ode to Napoleon . ] A more tremendous system certainly ...
... held good , until they had for- gotten the late alarming and precarious state in which their country had been placed , and particularly until the departure of the allied [ Byron's Ode to Napoleon . ] A more tremendous system certainly ...
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... held forth immediate war , conquest , and the re - establishment of the military fame of France . But , when he reached Paris , he seemed anxious to modify this decla- ration . He appealed to the Treaty of Paris , by which he pretended ...
... held forth immediate war , conquest , and the re - establishment of the military fame of France . But , when he reached Paris , he seemed anxious to modify this decla- ration . He appealed to the Treaty of Paris , by which he pretended ...
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... held the line upon the Sambre , which might be considered as the advanced posts of the united armies . Another obvious motive contributed to the dislocation of the allied force . The enemy having to choose his point of attack along an ...
... held the line upon the Sambre , which might be considered as the advanced posts of the united armies . Another obvious motive contributed to the dislocation of the allied force . The enemy having to choose his point of attack along an ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient antiquity appears arms army authority barons battle battle of Waterloo beautiful betwixt Bonaparte Border Borthwick Borthwick Castle Bothwell British called castle cavalry character chief Chivalry church circumstances clans comedy command court Crichton Crichton Castle crown Dalkeith defence Douglas Drama Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Wellington Dunbar Earl Earl of Bothwell Earl of Douglas Edinburgh enemy England English favour fortress France French frequently frontier garrison hand honour horse inhabitants James Jedburgh king kingdom knight lady Laird land Liddesdale Lord manner marches military minstrels monarch moss-troopers noble Northumberland occasion officers palace Paris Parliament party person possessed present prince prisoners probably Prussians Queen racter rank regalia rendered Romance royal rude ruins Saint Saxon scene Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border seems soldiers supposed sword taste tion tower town tribes troops usually wall warden William
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Էջ 383 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Էջ 107 - Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Էջ 141 - Lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle ? MICAH.
Էջ 388 - I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played, but now the old plays began to disgust this refined age, since his Majesties being so long abroad.
Էջ 364 - Time is of all modes of existence most obsequious to the imagination; a lapse of years is as easily conceived as a passage of hours. In contemplation we easily contract the time of real actions and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only see their imitation.
Էջ 295 - Thro ilka bore the beams were glancing, And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi usquabae, we'll face the Devil!
Էջ 159 - In gentle stream; then rose the song, the loud Acclaim of praise. The wheeling plover ceased Her plaint; The solitary place was glad, And on the distant cairns the watcher's ear Caught doubtfully at times the breeze-borne note.
Էջ 348 - And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for...
Էջ 38 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Էջ 300 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, "Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.