 | 1829 - 696 ページ
...Love. written in verse. But yet, I may observe, that about this time (now, alas I thirtyyears since) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry, which was to be iu the style of the Castle of Otranto, with plenty of border characters and supernatural incident Having... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 ページ
...the public in his general Preface to the Waverley Novels; this was the beginning of a work intended to be • in the style of the Castle of Otranto, with...plenty of border characters and supernatural incidents The specimen we have of this work does not afford much ground to regret its being only a fragment.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831 - 780 ページ
...being written in verse. But yet, I may observe, that about this time (now, alas! thirty years since) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing...with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly a chapter of this intended work among some old papers , I have... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 488 ページ
...being written in verse. But yet, I may observe, that about this time (now, alas ! thirty years since) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing...with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly a chapter of this intended work among some old papers, I have subjoined... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 880 ページ
...observe, that about this time (now, alas! thirty yean since} I had nourished the ambitious desire uf composing a tale of chivalry, which was to be in the...of Otranto, with plenty of Border characters, and FU[>ematural incident. Having found unexpectedly a chapter of this intended work among some old papere,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 436 ページ
...being written in verse. But yet, I may observe, that about this time (now, alas ! thirty years since) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing...with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly a chapter of this intended work among some old papers, I have subjoined... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 ページ
...observe, that about this time (now, alas! thirty years since) I had nourished the ambitious denire of composing a tale of chivalry, which was to be in the style of the Casue of Otrento, with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 850 ページ
...being written in verse. Bat yet, I may observe, that about this time (now, alas: thirty years since) at length, after a due proportiorr of hopes, fears,...good authority and bad authority, and no authority fi'enty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly a cliapter of this... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 712 ページ
...about this time (new, alasi thirty years nincc) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a wie of chivalry, which was to be in the style of the Castle of Olnmlo, with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly a chapter... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 604 ページ
...being written in verse. But yet, I may observe, that about this time (now, alas ! thirty years since) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing...with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. Having found unexpectedly a chapter of this intended work among some old papers, I have subjoined... | |
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I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry, which was to be in the style of the Castle of Otranto, with plenty of Border characters, and supernatural incident. 
