...appetite of thirteen, I forgot the hour of dinner, was sought for with anxiety, and was still found entranced in my intellectual banquet. To read and...with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy."1 Vaguely longing after the chivalrous and the adventurous in literature, the boy now finds...

...appetite of thirteen, I forgot the hour of dinner, was sought for with anxiety, and was still found entranced in my intellectual banquet. To read and...tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy." Further episodes of his story show him a tireless ballad-hunter ; and in this hunting he went to Liddesdale...

...appetite of thirteen, I forgot the hour of dinner, was sought for with anxiety, and was still found entranced in my intellectual banquet. To read and...I overwhelmed my schoolfellows, and all who would harken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could...

...this instance the same thing, and henceforth I overwhelmed my schoolfellows, and all who would barken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads...too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were not common occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes; nor do I...

...appetite of thirteen, I forgot the hour of dinner, was sought for with anxiety, and was found still entranced in my intellectual banquet. To read and...too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were not common occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes; nor do I...

...sharp appetite of thirteen I forgot the hour of dinner, was sought for with anxiety and was still found entranced in my intellectual banquet. To read and...with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy.6 In the years that followed his first encounter with the Reliques Scott made himself master...

...banquet."56 As regards the impression these volumes made upon his growing sensitive mind, he says, "To read and to remember was in this instance the...with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy."57 "The first time, too," he goes on to describe his love and fondness for them," I could scrape...

...appetite of thirteen, I forgot the hour of dinner, was sought for with anxiety, and was still tound entranced in my intellectual banquet. To read and...tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy, (1: 38-39) The site of the discovery becomes enshrined as myth in Scott's mind, with the Gothic arbor...

...my nttellectual banquet. To read and to remember was m this mstance the same thmg, and henceforth 1 overwhelmed my schoolfellows, and all who would hearken...Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillntgs together, which were not common occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of these...

...henceforth I overwhelmed m school-fellows and all who would hearken to me with tragical recitation from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time too I could scrape few shillings together, I bought unto myself a copy of these below volumes ; nor do I believe I ever...