 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 ページ
...1. Throw physic to the dogs, 111 none of it. SHARSPERE. — Macbeth, Act V. Scene 8. MINSTREL. — The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day. WALTER SCOTT. — Introduction... | |
 | 1863 - 392 ページ
...of the Tweed over its pebbles." He breathed his last at Abbotsford, on the 2ist of September, 1832.] THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; i. K His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 ページ
...flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Daya. NEWASK CASILE. INIRODUCIION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 ページ
...country and its God ! MRS. HKMANS. T 9. THE AGED MINSTREL. [From THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.") IHE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 ページ
...the personages actually nourished. The time occupied by the action is three nights and three OJIJ-B. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold,...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses groy, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 614 ページ
...a small quarto, and a foolscap edition followed in rapid succession. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 ページ
...a small quarto, and a foolscap edition followed in rapid succession. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold. The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His «rither'd cheek, and tresses grey, seem'd to have known a better day ; Th¿ harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1866 - 372 ページ
...Since mere succession implies addition or connection, copulative conjunctions are often omitted. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old." — Scott. " It burst; it fell; and, lo ' a skeleton." — Rogers. Disjunctive. Parts united in Form... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 ページ
...Scott's granddaughter, has inherited the property. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THl way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; Hiswuher'd cheek, and tresses grey, Scon'd to have known a better day; The hirp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 ページ
...girls were waking, And smiling, and making A prayer at home for me. Thackeray. 21.— THE MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried hy an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day !... | |
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Was carried by an orphan boy : 'I'hc last of all the Bards was he. Who sung of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day \ their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. 
