Landscape - historical illustrations of Scotland, and the Waverley novels: from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Balmer [and others]. Descriptions by G.N. WrightFisher, Son, & Company, 1836 |
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... soon obtained , and completed a translation of his own . A literary life now entered on , he published his translations of Lenore and of " Der Wilde Jäger , " The Wild Huntsman ; a speculation which proved a dead loss , as the greater ...
... soon obtained , and completed a translation of his own . A literary life now entered on , he published his translations of Lenore and of " Der Wilde Jäger , " The Wild Huntsman ; a speculation which proved a dead loss , as the greater ...
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... soon pro- duced a Life of Napoleon , for which he obtained £ 12,000 . Circumstances connected with Constable's bankruptcy led necessarily to the disclosure of the secret of " who was the author of Waverley ? " and , at the annual public ...
... soon pro- duced a Life of Napoleon , for which he obtained £ 12,000 . Circumstances connected with Constable's bankruptcy led necessarily to the disclosure of the secret of " who was the author of Waverley ? " and , at the annual public ...
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... soon heard to sound alone . " The execution of Fergus Mac - Ivor is one of those closing scenes in which the author of Waverley is perhaps without a rival : these he seems always to sketch with a firm , yet delicate hand ; and they are ...
... soon heard to sound alone . " The execution of Fergus Mac - Ivor is one of those closing scenes in which the author of Waverley is perhaps without a rival : these he seems always to sketch with a firm , yet delicate hand ; and they are ...
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... soon sent them off , bearing along with them their slain or wounded companions . " The field of battle is the lawn of Woodburne , a seat which Colonel Mannering , by the mediation of Mr. Mc - Morlan , had been able to hire for a season ...
... soon sent them off , bearing along with them their slain or wounded companions . " The field of battle is the lawn of Woodburne , a seat which Colonel Mannering , by the mediation of Mr. Mc - Morlan , had been able to hire for a season ...
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... soon after by order of king David . This tragic tale is said to have been connected ( prophetically ) with the murder of the Red Cumine , regent of Scotland , by Robert Bruce , in the Dominican church of Dumfries , in the year 1305 ...
... soon after by order of king David . This tragic tale is said to have been connected ( prophetically ) with the murder of the Red Cumine , regent of Scotland , by Robert Bruce , in the Dominican church of Dumfries , in the year 1305 ...
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Abbot Aberfoil amongst ancient Anne of Geierstein Antiquary appeared arms attended battle beautiful Bewcastle boat called Captain castle character church death distance Duke Dunbarton Earl Edinburgh English Engraved escape exclaimed fair Fast Castle father feet Firth fortress garrison Gilsland Glenvarloch Guy Mannering hand head Henry Highland hills honour horse huge Innerleithen Jeanie Kenilworth king knight lady lake land Landlord Loch look Lord master miles military monks murder Niddrie Castle Nigel noble occupied Old Mortality Osbaldistone palace passed Perth Peveril possessed prince Queen Redgauntlet river river Leven Rob Roy rock romantic royal ruins Saxon scene scenery Scotland Scott Scottish seat seemed Shafton SHAKSPEARE shore side Sir Kenneth Sir Walter sloop-of-war Smailholm Tower Solway Firth spot stood sword thee thou tower Tressilian vale Varangian vicinity village walls Waverley Waverley Novels Wayland wild Wolf's Hope young
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Seite 39 - King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear, or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close. They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth And fiends in upper air; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.
Seite 51 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Seite 59 - For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Seite 3 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Seite 43 - With boughs that quaked at every breath, Grey birch and aspen wept beneath; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.
Seite 48 - WALY waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon...
Seite 17 - The sun was now resting his huge disk upon the edge of the level ocean, and gilded the accumulation of towering clouds through which he had travelled the livelong day, and which now assembled on all sides, like misfortunes and disasters around a sinking empire, and falling monarch.
Seite 25 - ... his fine features, that the warders, struck with his rich attire and noble countenance, suffered him to approach the ground over which the queen was to pass, somewhat closer than was permitted to ordinary spectators.
Seite 25 - The night had been rainy, and just where the young gentleman st'ood, a small quantity of mud interrupted the Queen's passage. As she hesitated to pass on, the gallant, throwing his cloak from his shoulders, laid it on the miry spot, so as to insure her stepping over it dry-shod.