Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 第 1 巻Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1837 |
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Abbotsford acquaintance admiration afterwards amusement ancient appearance Ashestiel ballad beautiful believe booksellers brother Buccleuch called Castle character Clerk Constable copy dear delighted doubt Dryden Duke Duke of Buccleuch Edinburgh Edinburgh Annual Edinburgh Review edition Ellis Erskine Ettrick Forest father favour feelings genius George Ellis give Guy Mannering hand heard Highland honour hope interest island Isles James James Ballantyne James Hogg Joanna Baillie John Ballantyne kind labour Lady land Lerwick letter literary Loch London Lord Lord Byron Lord Melville manner Marmion matter mind Minstrel Minstrelsy Miss Morritt never occasion perhaps person pleasure poem poet poetical poetry present reader recollection rock Rokeby Rokeby Park romance scene Scotch Scotland Scottish seems Selkirkshire soon Southey story suppose thing thought tion Tristrem verses Walter Scott Waverley whole wish write young Zetland
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520 ページ - But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
88 ページ - ... the men who were the most learned of their time and. country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of his conversation distinctly enough to be quoted ; nor did I ever see him again, except in the street, where he did not recognise me, as I could not expect he- should. He was much caressed in Edinburgh : but...
467 ページ - ... within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
65 ページ - Those evening clouds, that setting ray And beauteous tints, serve to display Their great Creator's praise ; Then let the short-lived thing call'd man, Whose life's comprised within a span, To Him his homage raise. " We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold...
417 ページ - ... with a tone and taste which gave me a very high idea of his abilities and accomplishments, which I had hitherto considered as confined to manners, certainly superior to those of any living gentleman.
566 ページ - Byron. Report had prepared me to meet a man of peculiar habits and a quick temper, and I had some doubts whether we were likely to suit each other in society. I was most agreeably disappointed in this respect. I found Lord Byron in the highest degree courteous, and even kind. We met for an hour or two, almost daily, in Mr. Murray's drawing-room, and found a great deal to say to each other.
86 ページ - THE dews of summer night did fall, The moon (sweet Regent of the sky!) Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall And many an oak that grew thereby.
88 ページ - Scotch school ; that is, none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments : the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a cast which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my...
57 ページ - Down from that strength had spurr'd their horse, Their southern rapine to renew, Far in the distant Cheviots blue, And, home returning, fill'd the hall With revel, wassel-rout, and brawl.
37 ページ - If, however, it should ever fall to the lot of youth to peruse these pages — let such a reader remember that it is with the deepest regret that I recollect in my manhood the opportunities of learning which I neglected in my youth ; that through every part of my literary career I have felt pinched and hampered by my own ignorance ; and...