 Scott as much as owned himself the Author of Waverley to me in Murray's shop. I was talking to him about that novel, and lamented that its author had not carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution - Scott, entirely off his guard, replied,...  Waverly Novels: Waverly - Página 28de Walter Scott - 1864Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 páginas
...carried back the story nearer to the time of the Re" volution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Ay, I " might have done so, but ' There he stopped....relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at Murray's ; and " being in his parlour in the morning, he told... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 604 páginas
...the story nearer to the time of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Ay, I ought to have done so, but,' — there he stopped. It was in...relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. — He spoiled the fame of his poetry by his superior prose. He has such extent and versatility of... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 páginas
...carried back the " story nearer to the time of the Revo" lution. Scott, entirely off his guard, " said, ' Ay, I might have done so, but ' " — — There he...correct himself: he " looked confused, and relieved his em" barrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at " Murray's ; and being... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 páginas
...carried back the story nearer to the time of " the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, " said, ' Ay, I might have done so, but' " There he stopped: It was in vain to at" tempt to correct himself: he looked confused, " and relieved his embarrassment by a precipi" tate... | |
 | 1825 - 500 páginas
...carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution. Scott entirely off his guard, said, • Ay, I might have done so, but' There he stopped. It...relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat." The poet and the orator are seldom united in the same individual. Fox made some wretched verses, of... | |
 | Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825 - 234 páginas
...not carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, 'ay, I might have done so, but .' There he stopped....relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at Murray's, and being in his parlour in the morning, he told me... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 páginas
...carried back the story " nearer to the time of the Revolution. " Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Ay, " I might have done so, but' There he " stopped....looked confused, and " relieved his embarrassment by a preci" pitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at " Murray's ; and being in his parlour... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 238 páginas
...the time of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' ay, I might have done so, butThere he stopped. It was in vain to attempt to correct himself:...relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at Murray's, and being in his parlour in the morning, he told me... | |
 | 1825 - 418 páginas
...back the story nearer to the period of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Aye, I might have done so, but .' There he stopped. It was in vain to attempt to recal his words : he looked confused, and relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. At another... | |
 | 1829 - 576 páginas
...him ahout that novel, and lamented that its author had not carried hack the story nearer to the time of the Revolution.' Scott, entirely off his guard, replied, • Ay, I might have done so ; hut — ' there he stopped. It was in vain to correct himself; he looked confused, and relieved his... | |
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