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Page 86
... Sir Walter , by his early connection with the south of Scotland , had an opportunity of picking up the character of Edie , the original of which was an aged mendicant in that quarter , named Andrew Gemmel . This personage was about the ...
... Sir Walter , by his early connection with the south of Scotland , had an opportunity of picking up the character of Edie , the original of which was an aged mendicant in that quarter , named Andrew Gemmel . This personage was about the ...
Page 87
... Sir Walter , ' had a character peculiar to himself . He was ready and willing to play at cards or dice with any one who desired such amusement . This was more in the character of the Irish itinerant gambler , called in that country a ...
... Sir Walter , ' had a character peculiar to himself . He was ready and willing to play at cards or dice with any one who desired such amusement . This was more in the character of the Irish itinerant gambler , called in that country a ...
Page 91
... Sir Walter Scott has represented , in ' Rokeby , ' as the distinc- tion of the cavalier , he sported a bonnet equally redoubt- able , being formed of the dressed skin of the badger , which gave an air of indescribable wildness to a ...
... Sir Walter Scott has represented , in ' Rokeby , ' as the distinc- tion of the cavalier , he sported a bonnet equally redoubt- able , being formed of the dressed skin of the badger , which gave an air of indescribable wildness to a ...
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Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren Charles Cowden Clarke. EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS . CONTENTS . ANECDOTES OF SIR WALTER SCOTT , WINTERING IN.
Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren Charles Cowden Clarke. EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS . CONTENTS . ANECDOTES OF SIR WALTER SCOTT , WINTERING IN.
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... SIR WALTER SCOTT , WINTERING IN THE POLAR REGIONS , THE CLOCK PEDLER , - VISIT TO PERE LA CHAISE , PAGE 24 32 37 REMARKABLE RESCUE FROM A MINE , 44 ADDRESS TO WEALTH - GATHERERS ( VERSES ) , 49 THE FRENCH PRISONERS IN ... SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... SIR WALTER SCOTT , WINTERING IN THE POLAR REGIONS , THE CLOCK PEDLER , - VISIT TO PERE LA CHAISE , PAGE 24 32 37 REMARKABLE RESCUE FROM A MINE , 44 ADDRESS TO WEALTH - GATHERERS ( VERSES ) , 49 THE FRENCH PRISONERS IN ... SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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Page 140 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 139 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 139 - Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good: Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great. Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend...
Page 90 - ... a single vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants from considerable distances visit them in the night, with guns, clubs, long poles, pots of sulphur, and various other engines of destruction. In a few hours they fill many sacks, and load their horses with them. By the Indians, a Pigeon roost, or breeding place, is considered an important source of national profit and dependence for that season; and all their active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion.
Page 184 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Page 90 - I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying with great steadiness and rapidity at a height beyond gunshot, in several strata deep; and so close together that could shot have reached them, one discharge could not have failed of bringing down several individuals. From right to left, as far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended, seeming everywhere equally crowded.
Page 91 - I sat for more than an hour, but instead of a diminution of this prodigious procession, it seemed rather to increase both in numbers and rapidity; and anxious to reach Frankfort before night, I rose and went on. About four o'clock in the afternoon I crossed the Kentucky River, at the town of Frankfort, at which time the living torrent above my head seemed as numerous and as extensive as ever. Long after this I observed them in large bodies, that continued to pass for six or eight minutes, and these...
Page 14 - Proud poverty, that tinsel bravery wears ! And, like a rainbow, painted tears ! Be prudent, and the shore in prospect keep ; In a weak boat trust not the deep ; Plac'd beneath envy, above envying rise | Pity great men, great things despise.
Page 27 - He helped in the building of the new structure of Lincoln's Inn, when, having a trowel in his hand, he had a book in his pocket.
Page 94 - My first view of it was about a fortnight subsequent to the period when they had made choice of it, and I arrived there nearly two hours before sunset. Few Pigeons were then to be seen, but a great number of persons, with horses and wagons, guns and ammunition, had already established encampments on the borders. Two farmers from the vicinity of...