The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticism. 3-5. MiscellaneousA. and C. Black, 1870 |
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Pàgina 2
... mean Wa- verley , Guy Mannering , and the Antiquary , and we have little hesitation to pronounce them either entirely , or in a great measure , the work of the same author . Why he should industriously endea- vour to elude observation ...
... mean Wa- verley , Guy Mannering , and the Antiquary , and we have little hesitation to pronounce them either entirely , or in a great measure , the work of the same author . Why he should industriously endea- vour to elude observation ...
Pàgina 6
... mean . Had he been painted as a steady character , his conduct would have been improbable . The author was aware of this ; and yet , unwilling to relinquish an opportu- nity of introducing the interior of the Chevalier's military court ...
... mean . Had he been painted as a steady character , his conduct would have been improbable . The author was aware of this ; and yet , unwilling to relinquish an opportu- nity of introducing the interior of the Chevalier's military court ...
Pàgina 9
... means of these precarious supplies , and as he had been wounded in the battle of Culloden , the hard- ships which he endured were aggravated by great bodily pain . After the soldiers had removed their quarters he had another remarkable ...
... means of these precarious supplies , and as he had been wounded in the battle of Culloden , the hard- ships which he endured were aggravated by great bodily pain . After the soldiers had removed their quarters he had another remarkable ...
Pàgina 15
... mean to say that the pro- fessed jester , with his bauble and party - coloured vestment , can be found in any family north of the Tweed . Yet such a personage held this respect- able office in the family of the Earls of Strathe- more ...
... mean to say that the pro- fessed jester , with his bauble and party - coloured vestment , can be found in any family north of the Tweed . Yet such a personage held this respect- able office in the family of the Earls of Strathe- more ...
Pàgina 22
... : — " The height of the object , which seemed even to decrease as they approached it , appeared to be under four feet , and its form . so far as the imperfect light afforded them the means 22 CRITICISM ON NOVELS AND ROMANCES .
... : — " The height of the object , which seemed even to decrease as they approached it , appeared to be under four feet , and its form . so far as the imperfect light afforded them the means 22 CRITICISM ON NOVELS AND ROMANCES .
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Pàgina 147 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Pàgina 104 - 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 124 - A man is well at ease to be charged with such a sort of rascals, to be faint and fail now at most need.
Pàgina 125 - France came in sight of the English, his blood began to boil, and he cried out to his marshals, " Order the Genoese forward, and begin the battle, in the name of God and St. Denis.
Pàgina 128 - Now, sir Thomas, return back to those that sent you and tell them from me, not to send again for me this day, or expect that I shall come, let what will happen, as long as my son has life; and say that I command them to let the boy win his spurs; for I am determined, if it please God, that all the glory and honour of this day shall be given to him, and to those into whose care I have entrusted him.
Pàgina 288 - Disdained in Marathon its power to feel: For not alone he nursed the poet's flame, But reached from virtue's hand the patriot's steel.
Pàgina 204 - ... from top to bottom ; and then you must stuff them fuller than they will hold with granite tables and porphyry urns, and bronzes, and statues, 'and vases, and the Lord or the devil knows what — but, for fear you should ruin yourself or the nation, the...
Pàgina 124 - 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 79 - 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 324 - D — n my commission,' said the warlike chaplain, throwing it towards his colonel. It may easily be supposed that the matter was only remembered as a good jest ; but the future historian of Rome shared the honours and dangers of that dreadful day, where, according to the account of the French themselves, ' the Highland furies rushed in upon them with more violence than ever did a sea driven by a tempest.