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In 1792 , Scott , whose original destination of a Writer had been changed to that
of an Advocate — from his father's conviction , as it would seem , of the
superiority of his talents to the former station — was admitted to the Scottish bar .
Here he ...
In 1792 , Scott , whose original destination of a Writer had been changed to that
of an Advocate — from his father's conviction , as it would seem , of the
superiority of his talents to the former station — was admitted to the Scottish bar .
Here he ...
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Scott was not in great haste to follow up his success . It was three years later
before he took the field as an independent author , in a poem which at once
placed him among the great original writers of his country . The " SIR WALTER
SCOTT .
Scott was not in great haste to follow up his success . It was three years later
before he took the field as an independent author , in a poem which at once
placed him among the great original writers of his country . The " SIR WALTER
SCOTT .
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the great original writers of his country . The " Lay of the Last Minstrel , " a
complete expansion of the ancient ballad into an epic form , was published in
1805. It was opening a new creation in the realm of fancy . It seemed as if the
author had ...
the great original writers of his country . The " Lay of the Last Minstrel , " a
complete expansion of the ancient ballad into an epic form , was published in
1805. It was opening a new creation in the realm of fancy . It seemed as if the
author had ...
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The few acres of the original purchase now swelled into hundreds , and , for
aught we know , thousands ; for one tract alone we find incidentally noticed as
costing thirty thousand pounds . “ It rounds off the property so handsomely , ” he
says in ...
The few acres of the original purchase now swelled into hundreds , and , for
aught we know , thousands ; for one tract alone we find incidentally noticed as
costing thirty thousand pounds . “ It rounds off the property so handsomely , ” he
says in ...
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And , whenever he takes occasion to allude to the subject directly , he testifies a
deep reverence for the truths of revelation as well as for its divine Original .
Whatever estimate be formed of Scott's moral qualities , his intellectual were of a
kind ...
And , whenever he takes occasion to allude to the subject directly , he testifies a
deep reverence for the truths of revelation as well as for its divine Original .
Whatever estimate be formed of Scott's moral qualities , his intellectual were of a
kind ...
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Página 107 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
Página 113 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 73 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 105 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 321 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 93 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 73 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 322 - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty bin : My lady sweet, arise! Arise! arise!
Página 322 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 417 - Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.
Informações bibliográficas
| Título | Essays from the North American Review |
| Editor | Allen Thorndike Rice |
| Editora | D. Appleton, 1879 |
| Original de | Biblioteca Pública de Nova York |
| Digitalizado | 14 dez. 2006 |
| Num. págs. | 482 páginas |
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