The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticismR.Cadell, 1835 |
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... ..... XI . - 1 . LIFE of Kemble ,. 2. KELLY'S REMINISCENCES ,. XII . - DAVY'S SALMONIA , ..... PAGE 1 94 152 233 245 XIII . ANCIENT HISTORY OF SCOTLAND , ......... 301 MISCELLANEOUS CRITICISM . ARTICLE IX . THE CULLODEN PAPERS .
... ..... XI . - 1 . LIFE of Kemble ,. 2. KELLY'S REMINISCENCES ,. XII . - DAVY'S SALMONIA , ..... PAGE 1 94 152 233 245 XIII . ANCIENT HISTORY OF SCOTLAND , ......... 301 MISCELLANEOUS CRITICISM . ARTICLE IX . THE CULLODEN PAPERS .
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... ancient clan , upon some quarrel with the Gordons , burnt the castle of Auchindown , belonging to this powerful family ; and was , in the feud which followed , reduced to such extremities by the persevering vengeance of the Earl of 10 ...
... ancient clan , upon some quarrel with the Gordons , burnt the castle of Auchindown , belonging to this powerful family ; and was , in the feud which followed , reduced to such extremities by the persevering vengeance of the Earl of 10 ...
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... ancient Highland chief , on the su- perior advantages of a civilized life regulated by the authority of equal laws , would have received an answer something similar to the indignant re- ply of the old Afghaun ; " We are content with ...
... ancient Highland chief , on the su- perior advantages of a civilized life regulated by the authority of equal laws , would have received an answer something similar to the indignant re- ply of the old Afghaun ; " We are content with ...
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... ancient Celtic , once the language of all Britain , and being the descendants of those tribes which had been driven by the successive in- vasions of nations more politic than themselves , and better skilled in the regular arts of war ...
... ancient Celtic , once the language of all Britain , and being the descendants of those tribes which had been driven by the successive in- vasions of nations more politic than themselves , and better skilled in the regular arts of war ...
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... ancient mode of computing the value of a Highland estate . " I have lived to woful days , " said an Argyleshire chieftain to us in 1788 : " When I was young , the only question asked concerning a man's rank , was how many men lived on ...
... ancient mode of computing the value of a Highland estate . " I have lived to woful days , " said an Argyleshire chieftain to us in 1788 : " When I was young , the only question asked concerning a man's rank , was how many men lived on ...
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actor afforded amusement ancient angler appear Argyle Attacotti audience battle betwixt Boaden Boethius Britain Britons Caledonians called cause Celtic Celts character Charles circumstances clan Coriolanus curious descendants dramatic dress Duke Duncan Forbes Earl father favour fish Forbes Fraser Fraserdale Garrick George Chalmers give Gothic Goths Halieus hand head Highland chiefs history of Scotland honour inhabitants interest Inverness Irish Isles John John Kemble John Philip Kemble Kelly Kemble Kemble's Kenneth MacAlpine King labour Lady Lady Castlemaine land language Lord Lovat Lowland manner means ment mode mountains nation nature never noble peculiar Pepys person Pictish Picts Pinkerton play possessed prince racter recollect rendered respect river Roman salmon Salmonia scene Scotland Scots Scottish seems species spirit sport stage Tacitus tacksmen talents taste theatre thing tion tribes trout whole words young
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Página 175 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Página 109 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth...
Página 328 - Habitus corporum varii, atque ex eo argumenta. Namque rutilae Caledoniam habitantium comae, magni artus Germanicam originem asseverant. Silurum colorati vultus, torti plerumque crines, et posita contra Hispania Iberos veteres traiecisse easque sedes occupasse fidem faciunt. Proximi Gallis et similes sunt, seu durante originis vi, seu procurrentibus in diversa terris positio coeli corporibus habitum dedit.
Página 114 - Knipp took us all in. and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of 'Coelia' to-day very fine, and did it pretty well; I kissed her. and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is.
Página 278 - ... it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of any two series of events being independent of each other ; and, in science, so many natural miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, — such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a...
Página 243 - And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.
Página 111 - Privy-garden saw the finest smocks and linnen petticoats of my Lady Castlemaine's, laced with rich lace at the bottom, that ever I saw ; and did me good to look at them.
Página 205 - But fill'd, in elder time, the historic page. There, Shakespeare's self, with every garland crown'd, Flew to those fairy climes his fancy sheen, In musing hour, his wayward Sisters found, And with their terrors drest the magic scene. From them he sung, when, 'mid his bold design, Before the Scot, afflicted, and aghast ! The shadowy kings of Banquo's fated line Through the dark cave in gleamy pageant pass'd.
Página 4 - Walpole, paints an indifference yet more ominous to the public cause than the general panic : — " the common people in town at least know how to be afraid ; but we are such uncommon people here...
Página 140 - Home from my office to my Lord's lodgings where my wife had got ready a very fine dinner — viz. a dish of marrow bones; a leg of mutton; a loin of veal; a dish of fowl, three pullets, and a dozen of larks all in a dish; a great tart, a neat's tongue, a dish of anchovies; a dish of prawns and cheese.