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...Mannion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace, A mighty mixture of the great and base." A great many other passages might be cited from the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," but we forbear...

...mournful to the blast.' And the following are from twenty lines which he bestows on " Marmion :" ' And think'st thou, SCOTT ! by vain conceit perchance,...Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy mnse just half-a-crown per line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear,...

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...Marmion, Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a Felon, yet but half a Knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty...And think'st thou, SCOTT! by vain conceit perchance, Ou public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though MURRAY with his MILLER may combine To yield thy...

...boots, are chefs-d'oeuvre in the improvement of taste. For incident we have the invisible, hut l>v no means sparing, box on the ear bestowed on the page,...To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line ? No I when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such...

...imitations. Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight ; Not quite a Fe!on, yet but half a Knight ; The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty...with his MILLER may combine To yield thy muse just haif-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former...