Descriptive Catalogue of the Writings of Sir Walter ScottJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1898 - 106 pages |
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... heart of the veriest gourmet , followed by a pleasant account of a visit by Doctor Thomas Frognall Dibdin to inspect the library , and relates his lamentations over the books that were destroyed , his bibliomaniacal joy over what ...
... heart of the veriest gourmet , followed by a pleasant account of a visit by Doctor Thomas Frognall Dibdin to inspect the library , and relates his lamentations over the books that were destroyed , his bibliomaniacal joy over what ...
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... , the Earl of Gloucester , and Richard Cœur de Lion . When the book was all but printed and finished , author , publisher , and printer lost heart and determined to cancel the work , and Scott 14 SIR WALTER SCOTT'S WRITINGS.
... , the Earl of Gloucester , and Richard Cœur de Lion . When the book was all but printed and finished , author , publisher , and printer lost heart and determined to cancel the work , and Scott 14 SIR WALTER SCOTT'S WRITINGS.
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John Thomson. heart and determined to cancel the work , and Scott began another story , " The Talisman . " But they were unwilling to sacrifice so much labour and preparation , and ... heart and determined to cancel the work, and Scott ...
John Thomson. heart and determined to cancel the work , and Scott began another story , " The Talisman . " But they were unwilling to sacrifice so much labour and preparation , and ... heart and determined to cancel the work, and Scott ...
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... Heart of Midlothian , " " The " Bride of Lammermoor , " " A Legend of Montrose , ” " " Count Robert of " Paris , " and " Castle Dangerous . " Again a brilliant success was achieved , and Scott wrote that " Jedediah carried the world ...
... Heart of Midlothian , " " The " Bride of Lammermoor , " " A Legend of Montrose , ” " " Count Robert of " Paris , " and " Castle Dangerous . " Again a brilliant success was achieved , and Scott wrote that " Jedediah carried the world ...
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... heart as the poor Bride of Lammermoor ; ' " but it could not be helped — it is all true . " The novel is founded on events which occurred in the year 1700 , in the time of William III . , in the history of the Honourable Janet Dalrymple ...
... heart as the poor Bride of Lammermoor ; ' " but it could not be helped — it is all true . " The novel is founded on events which occurred in the year 1700 , in the time of William III . , in the history of the Honourable Janet Dalrymple ...
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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.