The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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Pàgina 2
... observation by taking leave of us in one character , and then suddenly popping out upon us in another , we cannot pretend to guess without knowing more of his personal reasons for preser- ving so strict an incognito than has hitherto ...
... observation by taking leave of us in one character , and then suddenly popping out upon us in another , we cannot pretend to guess without knowing more of his personal reasons for preser- ving so strict an incognito than has hitherto ...
Pàgina 7
... observed an officer of the King's forces , who , scorning to join the flight of all around , remained with his sword in his hand , as if determined to the very last to defend the post assigned to him . The Highland gentleman commanded ...
... observed an officer of the King's forces , who , scorning to join the flight of all around , remained with his sword in his hand , as if determined to the very last to defend the post assigned to him . The Highland gentleman commanded ...
Pàgina 19
... observed was calculated for ten or twelve guests , of the same description probably with his landlady . Jean left him in no doubt on the subject . She brought up the story of the stolen sow , and noticed how much pain and vexation it ...
... observed was calculated for ten or twelve guests , of the same description probably with his landlady . Jean left him in no doubt on the subject . She brought up the story of the stolen sow , and noticed how much pain and vexation it ...
Pàgina 34
... observed , I ride towards Milnwood , which I hear is your home ; will you give me the advantage and protection of your company ? ' 66 6 Certainly , ' said Morton , although there was something of gloomy and relentless severity in the ...
... observed , I ride towards Milnwood , which I hear is your home ; will you give me the advantage and protection of your company ? ' 66 6 Certainly , ' said Morton , although there was something of gloomy and relentless severity in the ...
Pàgina 45
... observe what effect the pause of awful suspense between death and life , which seemed to freeze the by- standers with horror , should produce upon the prisoner himself . Morton maintained a degree of firmness , which nothing but a mind ...
... observe what effect the pause of awful suspense between death and life , which seemed to freeze the by- standers with horror , should produce upon the prisoner himself . Morton maintained a degree of firmness , which nothing but a mind ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 136 - return to him and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...