Descriptive Catalogue of the Writings of Sir Walter ScottJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1898 - 106 pages |
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... STANFORD LIBRARIES OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ३ NUMBER 1 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE WRITINGS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT BY JOHN THOMSON NOVEMBER , 1898 OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA NUMBER 1 Copies of. Front Cover.
... STANFORD LIBRARIES OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ३ NUMBER 1 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE WRITINGS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT BY JOHN THOMSON NOVEMBER , 1898 OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA NUMBER 1 Copies of. Front Cover.
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John Thomson. OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA NUMBER 1 Copies of the BULLETIN will be sold in the Library at the price of Ten Cents per Number . If purchasers desire copies to be sent by mail , two cents extra per number will be ...
John Thomson. OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA NUMBER 1 Copies of the BULLETIN will be sold in the Library at the price of Ten Cents per Number . If purchasers desire copies to be sent by mail , two cents extra per number will be ...
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... copies of which have been acquired for the Free Library of Philadelphia , will from time to time be printed . The descriptive catalogue of " The Rolls Series " is nearly ready , and will form Number Three of the BULLETIN . DESCRIPTIVE ...
... copies of which have been acquired for the Free Library of Philadelphia , will from time to time be printed . The descriptive catalogue of " The Rolls Series " is nearly ready , and will form Number Three of the BULLETIN . DESCRIPTIVE ...
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... copies went off in the first six days . The story was published in a time of domestic affliction , the period of Scott's eldest brother's sickness and death . The oddities and humours of Jonathan Oldbuck , the Antiquary , II SIR WALTER ...
... copies went off in the first six days . The story was published in a time of domestic affliction , the period of Scott's eldest brother's sickness and death . The oddities and humours of Jonathan Oldbuck , the Antiquary , II SIR WALTER ...
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... copies were sold ; but " notwithstanding the silence of " the title - page and the change of the publishers , and the attempt which had " certainly been made to vary the style both of delineation and of language , " all doubts whether ...
... copies were sold ; but " notwithstanding the silence of " the title - page and the change of the publishers , and the attempt which had " certainly been made to vary the style both of delineation and of language , " all doubts whether ...
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Abbotsford ancient anecdotes Author of Waverley ballad Ballantyne's Novelist's Library Bannatyne Bride of Lammermoor Castle character Charles chivalry Chronicles Chronological List Collection Constable COOKERY critics described Duke Earl Edinburgh Annual Edinburgh Annual Register Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Weekly Journal edition England English essay FREE LIBRARY George III Godwin Guy Mannering Henry historical personages introduced imitation J. M. W. Turner James Ballantyne John Kirkton Lady laid letters LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA literary Lockhart's Lord Byron manuscript MATURIN MEMOIR METRICAL ROMANCES Minstrelsy Molière Old Mortality original Pitcairn poem POETICAL poetry Prefaces printed prose published Quarterly for January Quarterly Review Queen review appeared rhyme Ritson says Scotland Scots Scott wrote Scottish Border Sir Tristrem Sir Walter Scott sketch SONG SOUTHEY story tale THOMAS THOMAS THE RHYMER Thomson's translation volumes Waverley Novels Wild Huntsman William Woodstock writing written xvii xviii
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Page 44 - And think'st thou, Scott! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though Murray with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade.
Page 68 - It came from mine own heart, so to my head, And thence into my fingers trickled; Then to my pen, from whence immediately On paper I did dribble it daintily.
Page 17 - In estimating its merits, however, we should forget that it is offered as an imitation. The diction undoubtedly reminds us of a rhythm and cadence we have heard before ; but the sentiments, descriptions, and characters, have qualities that are native and unborrowed.
Page 36 - Ivanhoe marks the most brilliant epoch in Scott's history as the literary favourite of his contemporaries. With the novel which he next put forth, the immediate sale of these works began gradually to decline ; and though even when that had reached its lowest declension, it was still far above the most ambitious dreams of any other novelist, yet the publishers were afraid the announcement of...
Page 69 - 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. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour...
Page 40 - Colonell for his Majesties service of Denmark, and reduced after the battaile of Nerling to one Company, in September 1634, at Wormes, in the Palz.
Page 76 - No, John, I will not own the book — I won't, you Piccaroon. When next I try St. Grubby's brook, The A. of Wa— shall bait the hook — And flat-fish bite as soon, As if before them they had got The worn-out wriggler WALTIR SCOTT.
Page 37 - Yet it was strange to hear anything like the words which I (then in agony of pain with spasms in my stomach) dictated to William Laidlaw at Abbotsford, now recited in a foreign tongue, and for the amusement of a strange people. I little thought to have survived the completing of this novel.
Page 75 - THE Castle of Otranto is remarkable, not only for the wild interest of the story, but as the first modern attempt to found a tale of amusing fiction upon the basis of the ancient romances of chivalry.
Page 30 - I'll find a way to make them dee. The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snaw and sleet, • Hogg, a sheep in its second year.