The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 17R. Cadell, 1835 |
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... expression the most distant from that of common life , would be difficult to discover , and superfluous to enquire . But it is sufficiently obvious , that what is preserved only by recitation , must soon be altered and corrupted ...
... expression the most distant from that of common life , would be difficult to discover , and superfluous to enquire . But it is sufficiently obvious , that what is preserved only by recitation , must soon be altered and corrupted ...
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... expression or poetical beauty , sufficient to render their preser- vation desirable , as fair or favourable specimens of the whole composition . In transcribing these selected passages , Mr Ellis has discarded the an- tique orthography ...
... expression or poetical beauty , sufficient to render their preser- vation desirable , as fair or favourable specimens of the whole composition . In transcribing these selected passages , Mr Ellis has discarded the an- tique orthography ...
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Walter Scott. serving to fasten on the forehead of each the piece of parchment expressing the name and family of the victim . This horrible order was punctually executed . At noon the guests were summoned to wash by the music of the ...
Walter Scott. serving to fasten on the forehead of each the piece of parchment expressing the name and family of the victim . This horrible order was punctually executed . At noon the guests were summoned to wash by the music of the ...
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... expression , the dull or absurd details which they are occasionally obliged to narrate . We ques- tion , however , whether this is not sometimes too much indulged by both authors , since such license , when frequently taken , is rather ...
... expression , the dull or absurd details which they are occasionally obliged to narrate . We ques- tion , however , whether this is not sometimes too much indulged by both authors , since such license , when frequently taken , is rather ...
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... expression . " Its slender pillars ( the author is treating of the later Gothic architecture ) may possess various excellences , but they are cer- tainly not magnificent ; and the shafts by which the pillars are frequently surrounded ...
... expression . " Its slender pillars ( the author is treating of the later Gothic architecture ) may possess various excellences , but they are cer- tainly not magnificent ; and the shafts by which the pillars are frequently surrounded ...
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Page 343 - STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me.
Page 86 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 247 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 332 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell...
Page 259 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 343 - Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy ! But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story...
Page 342 - The foe, the fool, the jealous, and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others' pain, Behold the host ! delighting to deprave, Who track the steps of Glory to the grave, Watch...
Page 277 - Touch'd by the music, and the melting scene, Was scarce one tearless eye amidst the crowd : — Stern warriors, resting on their swords, were seen To veil their eyes, as pass'd each much-loved shroud, While woman's softer soul in woe dissolved aloud.
Page 285 - Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean-weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore, Lochiel, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in his bosom remains, Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With his back to the field, and his feet to the foe ! And leaving in battle no blot on his name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame.
Page 278 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there, in desolation cold, The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each mouldering bone, And stones themselves to ruin grown, Like me, are death-like old.