The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volumen4 |
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... languages . If she had any advan- tage over other young persons , it must have been in the society of her father , who was himself not only an elegant poet and a scholar , but a man of infinite wit and imagination , and it was scarce ...
... languages . If she had any advan- tage over other young persons , it must have been in the society of her father , who was himself not only an elegant poet and a scholar , but a man of infinite wit and imagination , and it was scarce ...
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... - norant of the French language , his wife accompa- nied him to Dieppe , and having made such arrange- ments for his comfort as the time admitted of , she returned in the same packet which had taken her over CHARLOTTE SMITH . 25.
... - norant of the French language , his wife accompa- nied him to Dieppe , and having made such arrange- ments for his comfort as the time admitted of , she returned in the same packet which had taken her over CHARLOTTE SMITH . 25.
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... language fitted to their station in life ; nor are there many dialogues to be found which are at once so entertaining , and ap- proach so nearly to truth and reality . The eva- nescent tone of the highest fashionable society is not ...
... language fitted to their station in life ; nor are there many dialogues to be found which are at once so entertaining , and ap- proach so nearly to truth and reality . The eva- nescent tone of the highest fashionable society is not ...
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... language in the Privy Council to the Queen herself . About the same time , Sir Ralph Sadler was call- ed to the Privy Council , and his first speech there again touched on the question of succession , so often agitated during ...
... language in the Privy Council to the Queen herself . About the same time , Sir Ralph Sadler was call- ed to the Privy Council , and his first speech there again touched on the question of succession , so often agitated during ...
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... languages to the unassisted exercises of his juvenile years . About this period his predominant desire for learning had determined his parents to breed young Leyden up for the Church of ... language . It does not ap- JOHN LEYDEN , M.D. 149.
... languages to the unassisted exercises of his juvenile years . About this period his predominant desire for learning had determined his parents to breed young Leyden up for the Church of ... language . It does not ap- JOHN LEYDEN , M.D. 149.
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Página 264 - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Página 440 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Página 368 - I saw him again yesterday, and was surprised to find the levee-room had lost so entirely the air of the lion's den. This Sovereign don't stand in one spot, with his eyes fixed royally on the ground, and dropping bits of German news; he walks about, and speaks to everybody. I saw him afterwards on the throne, where he is graceful and genteel, sits with dignity, and reads his answers to addresses well...
Página 325 - At his first coming on board us, he had so much forgot his language, for want of use, that we could scarce understand him, for he seemed to speak his words by halves.
Página 454 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, But let us part fair foes; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing; I would also deem O'er others...
Página 442 - For then he was inspired, and from him came, As from the Pythian's mystic cave of yore, Those oracles which set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more...
Página 333 - ... at last became such a task, that she was forced to go out of the way ; for they were in general extremely satisfied of the truth of the thing, and plainly saw that Mrs. Bargrave was no hypochondriac, for she always appears with such a cheerful air and pleasing mien, that...
Página 266 - ... eyes, and a large mole near his mouth : was born in London, and for many years was a, hose-factor in Freeman's Yard, in Cornhill, and now is owner of the brick and pantile •works near Tilbury Fort, in Essex : whoever shall discover the said Daniel De Foe to one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or any of her Majesty's justices of peace, so as he may be apprehended, shall have a reward of £50, which her Majesty has ordered immediately to be paid upon such discovery.
Página 333 - ... her own mouth. I should have told you before that Mrs. Veal told Mrs. Bargrave that her sister and brother-in-law were just come down from London to see her. Says Mrs. Bargrave, "How came you to order matters so strangely?" "It could not be helped,
Página 421 - The Boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his Soul drank their sunbeams; he was girt With strange and dusky aspects; he was not Himself like what he had been; on the sea 110 And on the shore he was a wanderer...