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... we had many , no creature could be Bo indifferent which way our course was directed , and I acquiesced in what any one proposed ; but if I was once 量 driven to make a choice , and felt piqued in II . ] 21 YOUTH - CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
... we had many , no creature could be Bo indifferent which way our course was directed , and I acquiesced in what any one proposed ; but if I was once 量 driven to make a choice , and felt piqued in II . ] 21 YOUTH - CHOICE OF A PROFESSION .
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Richard Holt Hutton. driven to make a choice , and felt piqued in honour to maintain my proposition , I have broken off from the whole party , rather than yield to any one . " No doubt , too , in that day of what he himself described as ...
Richard Holt Hutton. driven to make a choice , and felt piqued in honour to maintain my proposition , I have broken off from the whole party , rather than yield to any one . " No doubt , too , in that day of what he himself described as ...
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... - sternation of the dame , and the rueful despair with which the young clergyman closed the book . " 991 1 Lockhart's Life of Scott , i . 269-71 . No wonder old Mr. Scott felt some doubt of his 24 LUB AP SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... - sternation of the dame , and the rueful despair with which the young clergyman closed the book . " 991 1 Lockhart's Life of Scott , i . 269-71 . No wonder old Mr. Scott felt some doubt of his 24 LUB AP SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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Richard Holt Hutton. No wonder old Mr. Scott felt some doubt of his son's success at the bar , and thought him more fitted in many respects for a " gangrel scrape - gut . " 1 In spite of all this love of excitement , Scott became a sound ...
Richard Holt Hutton. No wonder old Mr. Scott felt some doubt of his son's success at the bar , and thought him more fitted in many respects for a " gangrel scrape - gut . " 1 In spite of all this love of excitement , Scott became a sound ...
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... felt himself likely to be a dictator in the one field , and only a postulant in the other . Literature was a far greater gainer by his choice , than Law could have been a loser . For his capacity for the law he shared with thousands of ...
... felt himself likely to be a dictator in the one field , and only a postulant in the other . Literature was a far greater gainer by his choice , than Law could have been a loser . For his capacity for the law he shared with thousands of ...
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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...