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... Scott , is more doubtful . The records of his name are innumerable ; and there may be some presumption in my making use of it , rather , it may appear , for purposes which bear less consideration towards him , than to myself . But be it ...
... Scott , is more doubtful . The records of his name are innumerable ; and there may be some presumption in my making use of it , rather , it may appear , for purposes which bear less consideration towards him , than to myself . But be it ...
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... doom of every one , illustrated in a Sermon preached by the Bishop of Antigua .... The Temple Church newly and splendidly fitted up . ....... 45 ++ 43 45 45 46 47 48 49 SIR WALTER SCOTT AND DR . COLLINS .. Clovenford , xxvi.
... doom of every one , illustrated in a Sermon preached by the Bishop of Antigua .... The Temple Church newly and splendidly fitted up . ....... 45 ++ 43 45 45 46 47 48 49 SIR WALTER SCOTT AND DR . COLLINS .. Clovenford , xxvi.
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... Scott to Mr. Polwhele on the sub- ject of the above Romance .. 67 Dinner at Melrose - Recital of Scott's lines on Melrose Abbey . 73 A Day's Fishing in the Ettrick , with occurrences in connection with it . 74 Return of Sir W. Scott to ...
... Scott to Mr. Polwhele on the sub- ject of the above Romance .. 67 Dinner at Melrose - Recital of Scott's lines on Melrose Abbey . 73 A Day's Fishing in the Ettrick , with occurrences in connection with it . 74 Return of Sir W. Scott to ...
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... Scott's Journey to Italy , after a succession of paralytic attacks , unavailing His Return to Abbotsford , and Death ..... 94 95 Testimony of a learned American to his equanimity and religious sincerity ... Wordsworth's beautiful lines ...
... Scott's Journey to Italy , after a succession of paralytic attacks , unavailing His Return to Abbotsford , and Death ..... 94 95 Testimony of a learned American to his equanimity and religious sincerity ... Wordsworth's beautiful lines ...
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... heard two such sermons at the very time when the preceding little memoir of Dr. Glynn , where there is so much allusion to the same topics , was in the hands of the printer . VOL . II . F SIR WALTER SCOTT . On leaving Edinburgh , in the 49.
... heard two such sermons at the very time when the preceding little memoir of Dr. Glynn , where there is so much allusion to the same topics , was in the hands of the printer . VOL . II . F SIR WALTER SCOTT . On leaving Edinburgh , in the 49.
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Página 65 - But original déficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for
Página 202 - in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. " But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their
Página 80 - reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one, PM on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm, that every window was wide open—and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others
Página 67 - Milton knew human nature only in the gross, and had never studied the shades of character, nor the combinations of concurring, or the perplexity of contending, passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient in the knowledge which experience must confer.
Página 27 - Write ; from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 202 - cannot a city be inhabited ; and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down ; "They shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation ; they shall not sit in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Página 70 - Be not ye afraid of them ; remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'
Página 80 - most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Página 64 - I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place ; and, with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind.
Página 66 - sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven,