Edinburgh and Its StoryJ.M. Dent & Company, 1904 - 396 ページ |
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Abbey aisle Albany Allan Ramsay ancient architecture Argyll beautiful Bridge building burgh called Canongate Caroline Park Castle Castlehill century chapel Charles Church of Scotland citizens Close College Court of Session Cowgate Cross Crown Darnley David death doorway Douglas Duke Earl east edifice Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle England English erected famous feet Gallery George Giles Grange Grassmarket Greyfriars Hall head Henry High Street Hill Holyrood Holyrood Palace James James II king King's kingdom Lady land later Leith lived Loch Lord President Lord Provost magistrates mansion Mary Mary of Gueldres Mary of Guise Mary's monarch Moray Netherbow noble occupied Palace Parliament passed poet Port Portrait Princes Street Professor Queen Ramsay reach Regent reign residence Robert Royal Scots Scottish side Sir Walter Scott square stands stood style thoroughfare Tolbooth tower Town Council walls Water of Leith West Bow Wynd
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xviii ページ - Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town!
232 ページ - Remember, man, as thou goes by, As thou art now, so once was I, As I am now, so shalt thou be : Remember, man, that thou must dee.
256 ページ - This is not good news. I always dreaded there was some self-deception on the part of our romantic friend, and I now shudder at the violence of his most irritable and ungovernable mind. Who is it that says, ' Men have died, and worms have eaten them, but not for LOVE ' ? I hope sincerely it may be verified on this occasion.
351 ページ - I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet; yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind That kisseth everything it meets: And since thou canst with more than one, Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none.
348 ページ - John Leyrva, the great Franciscan Latinist, was one of the teachers. Gradually the existence of these schools began to leaven the community, especially in the reigns of James III. and James IV., though the attitude of the great mass of the nobility continued to be that recorded of " Bell the Cat " in Marmion : — "Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line.
246 ページ - AND NEVER LIKELY TO SEE THE LIGHT AGAIN TILL ALL THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURES ARE CRUMBLED TO DUST BY THE DECAY OF TIME, OR BY HUMAN OR ELEMENTAL VIOLENCE, MAY THEN TESTIFY TO A DISTANT POSTERITY THAT HIS COUNTRYMEN BEGAN ON THAT DAY TO RAISE AN EFFIGY AND ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., WHOSE ADMIRABLE WRITINGS WERE THEN ALLOWED TO HAVE GIVEN MORE DELIGHT AND SUGGESTED BETTER FEELING TO A LARGER CLASS OF READERS IN EVERY RANK OF SOCIETY THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER AUTHOR,...
122 ページ - ... had once been a member, came to the castle with a message from his brethren, and demanded admittance to the earl. It was answered, that the earl was asleep. The privy councillor thought that this was a subterfuge, and insisted on entering. The door of the cell was softly opened, and there lay Argyle on the bed, sleeping in his irons the placid sleep of infancy. The conscience of the renegade smote him. He turned away sick at heart, ran out of the castle, and took refuge in the dwelling of a lady...
210 ページ - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
155 ページ - Tis empty! But three drops, Virgin, For my unction extreme prithee be given me, But two for my hands, for my lips the other, And all for my soul, all the...
140 ページ - Town, the latter of which lies spread before him, a contrast to the gloom from which he has emerged. When he looks up to the building containing the upright street through which he has descended, he sees that vast pile of tall houses, standing at the head of the mound, which creates astonishment in every visitor of Edinburgh. This vast fabric is built on the declivity of a hill, and thus one entering on the level of the Lawn market is at the height of several stories from the ground on the side next...