The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 17R. Cadell, 1835 |
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... genius for romantic fiction , which has been always an attribute of the Celtic tribes . We would willingly extract one of them for our readers ' amusement ; but are obliged to hasten to the metrical romances , which are the principal ...
... genius for romantic fiction , which has been always an attribute of the Celtic tribes . We would willingly extract one of them for our readers ' amusement ; but are obliged to hasten to the metrical romances , which are the principal ...
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... genius of the rude people , for whom it was composed , may easily be recog- nised . We were very much amused with the bru- tal stupidity of the giant , a quality which seems al- ways to have been an attribute of the sons of Anak , with ...
... genius of the rude people , for whom it was composed , may easily be recog- nised . We were very much amused with the bru- tal stupidity of the giant , a quality which seems al- ways to have been an attribute of the sons of Anak , with ...
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... ; and a man of genius should disdain to in- vade the province of these dawdling rhymers . [ Sir Eldred was an early performance of Mrs Hannah More . ] ARTICLE VI . EVANS'S OLD BALLADS . [ Quarterly Review 118 POETICAL CRITICISM .
... ; and a man of genius should disdain to in- vade the province of these dawdling rhymers . [ Sir Eldred was an early performance of Mrs Hannah More . ] ARTICLE VI . EVANS'S OLD BALLADS . [ Quarterly Review 118 POETICAL CRITICISM .
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... genius . Many marks of haste appear in the composition , which the writer probably consi- dered as of little importance , since he never intend- ed to be responsible for his offspring . But there are touches of great beauty of ...
... genius . Many marks of haste appear in the composition , which the writer probably consi- dered as of little importance , since he never intend- ed to be responsible for his offspring . But there are touches of great beauty of ...
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... genius , had long ago anticipated Mr Evans's labours , and left him but the refuse of the market . Some of the ballads , in- deed , exhibit such wretched doggrel as serves , more than the dissertations of a thousand Ritsons , to de ...
... genius , had long ago anticipated Mr Evans's labours , and left him but the refuse of the market . Some of the ballads , in- deed , exhibit such wretched doggrel as serves , more than the dissertations of a thousand Ritsons , to de ...
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Page 343 - STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me.
Page 86 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 247 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 332 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell...
Page 259 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 343 - Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy ! But unto us she hath a spell beyond Her name in story...
Page 342 - The foe, the fool, the jealous, and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others' pain, Behold the host ! delighting to deprave, Who track the steps of Glory to the grave, Watch...
Page 277 - Touch'd by the music, and the melting scene, Was scarce one tearless eye amidst the crowd : — Stern warriors, resting on their swords, were seen To veil their eyes, as pass'd each much-loved shroud, While woman's softer soul in woe dissolved aloud.
Page 285 - Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean-weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore, Lochiel, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in his bosom remains, Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With his back to the field, and his feet to the foe ! And leaving in battle no blot on his name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame.
Page 278 - And by my side, in battle true, A thousand warriors drew the shaft? Ah ! there, in desolation cold, The desert serpent dwells alone, Where grass o'ergrows each mouldering bone, And stones themselves to ruin grown, Like me, are death-like old.