Sir Walter ScottHarper, 1901 - Всего страниц: 177 |
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... effect with John Scott of Harden's hounds , that he sold the horse for double the money he had given , and , unlike his grandson , abandoned speculative purchases there and then . In the latter days of his clouded fortunes , after ...
... effect with John Scott of Harden's hounds , that he sold the horse for double the money he had given , and , unlike his grandson , abandoned speculative purchases there and then . In the latter days of his clouded fortunes , after ...
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... effect ; but perhaps the impression suggested was not so very far astray after all . Looking to the poetic side of his character , the trumpet certainly Iwould have been the instrument that would have best symbolized the spirit both of ...
... effect ; but perhaps the impression suggested was not so very far astray after all . Looking to the poetic side of his character , the trumpet certainly Iwould have been the instrument that would have best symbolized the spirit both of ...
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... effect on his audience . But these were merely a boy's mishaps . He was certainly by no means a Heaven - born orator , and therefore could not expect to spring into exceptionally early distinction , and the 26 [ CHAP SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... effect on his audience . But these were merely a boy's mishaps . He was certainly by no means a Heaven - born orator , and therefore could not expect to spring into exceptionally early distinction , and the 26 [ CHAP SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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... effect . It was probably the vivacity with which he realized the violence which such incidents do to the terrestrial common sense of our ordinary nature , and at the same time the sedulous accuracy of detail with which he narrated them ...
... effect . It was probably the vivacity with which he realized the violence which such incidents do to the terrestrial common sense of our ordinary nature , and at the same time the sedulous accuracy of detail with which he narrated them ...
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... effect which I might have expected in painting , but could never have fancied capable of being given in poetry . " Every one knows the lines to which Pitt refers : — " The humble boon was soon obtain'd ; The aged minstrel audience gain ...
... effect which I might have expected in painting , but could never have fancied capable of being given in poetry . " Every one knows the lines to which Pitt refers : — " The humble boon was soon obtain'd ; The aged minstrel audience gain ...
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Стр. 165 - A History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880. Four Vols. demy Svo, cloth extra, 12s. each. — Also a POPULAR EDITION, in Four Vols. crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. each. A Short History of Our Own Times.
Стр. 159 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Стр. 146 - Thus fares it still in our decay ; And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.
Стр. 83 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going, but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me.
Стр. 2 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away. While...
Стр. 12 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Стр. 158 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. [The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the...
Стр. 45 - Are maddening in the rear. Onward they drive in dreadful race Pursuers and pursued ; Before that tide of flight and chase How shall it keep its rooted place, The spearmen's twilight wood ?
Стр. 148 - Like guests that meet, and some from far, By cordial love invited. And if, as Yarrow, through the woods And down the meadow ranging, Did meet us with unaltered face, Though we were changed and changing; If, then, some natural shadows spread Our inward prospect over, The soul's deep valley was not slow Its brightness to recover.
Стр. 59 - Scott looked round, and I rather think there was a blush as well as a smile upon his face, when he perceived a little black pig frisking about his pony, and evidently a self-elected addition to the party of the day. He tried to look stern, and cracked his whip at the creature, but was in a moment obliged to join in the general cheers. Poor piggy soon found a strap round...