Famous Men of Modern Times, Volumen1Bradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 288 páginas |
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... story . When Walter was about four or five years old , in the hope of benefitting his still feeble health , he was sent to Sandy Knowe , an estate on the Tweed , and placed under the care of his maternal grandfather . He was a fine old ...
... story . When Walter was about four or five years old , in the hope of benefitting his still feeble health , he was sent to Sandy Knowe , an estate on the Tweed , and placed under the care of his maternal grandfather . He was a fine old ...
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... story . Aunt Jenny did not fail to relate to him all these marvels , and pointed to the very places where they were said to have transpired . Such was the beginning of Walter Scott's education . When he was five or six years old , his ...
... story . Aunt Jenny did not fail to relate to him all these marvels , and pointed to the very places where they were said to have transpired . Such was the beginning of Walter Scott's education . When he was five or six years old , his ...
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... story- teller . It was a frequent custom with him and some of his companions to get together , and recount long stories of giants and dwarfs , ghosts and knights , fierce battles and fairy enchantments . Often , during the holidays ...
... story- teller . It was a frequent custom with him and some of his companions to get together , and recount long stories of giants and dwarfs , ghosts and knights , fierce battles and fairy enchantments . Often , during the holidays ...
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... story - tellers . With such peo- ple as these , he would sit down , and wheedle out of them all the tales they could tell . These were packed away in his capacious memory , and were woven up in his romances , when he became an author ...
... story - tellers . With such peo- ple as these , he would sit down , and wheedle out of them all the tales they could tell . These were packed away in his capacious memory , and were woven up in his romances , when he became an author ...
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... stories with the least possible ostentation . He spoke of Miss Edgeworth , and related an amus- ing scene which took place upon her first introduction to Abbotsford . A wild man , from the Highlands , had for some reason gone thither ...
... stories with the least possible ostentation . He spoke of Miss Edgeworth , and related an amus- ing scene which took place upon her first introduction to Abbotsford . A wild man , from the Highlands , had for some reason gone thither ...
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Página 69 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 203 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Página 70 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Página 262 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 164 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 185 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is...
Página 73 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Página 69 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Página 259 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Página 231 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.