The Lands of ScottOsgood, 1871 - 508 páginas |
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... scenery and antiquities , their history and romance , certainly present attractions enough to reward a long crowds of travellers on many routes in them demonstrate . tour , - - as annual While some of the places that are visited on ...
... scenery and antiquities , their history and romance , certainly present attractions enough to reward a long crowds of travellers on many routes in them demonstrate . tour , - - as annual While some of the places that are visited on ...
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... SCENERY OF " THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL " • 14-17 • 17-19 . 19-34 VI . " MARMION : A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD ; " ITS INCIDENTS AND SCENERY 34-53 VII . " THE LADY OF THE LAKE " 53-75 VIII . " THE VISION OF DON RODERICK " • 75-77 IX ...
... SCENERY OF " THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL " • 14-17 • 17-19 . 19-34 VI . " MARMION : A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD ; " ITS INCIDENTS AND SCENERY 34-53 VII . " THE LADY OF THE LAKE " 53-75 VIII . " THE VISION OF DON RODERICK " • 75-77 IX ...
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... scenery of " The Lay , " " The Monas- tery , " and parts of “ Marmion , ” “ The Abbot , " " Black Dwarf , " " St. Ronan's Well , " etc. , and the vicinity of Melrose and Abbotsford ) . GREAT BRITAIN FROM MORAY FIRTH TO YORK , with a ...
... scenery of " The Lay , " " The Monas- tery , " and parts of “ Marmion , ” “ The Abbot , " " Black Dwarf , " " St. Ronan's Well , " etc. , and the vicinity of Melrose and Abbotsford ) . GREAT BRITAIN FROM MORAY FIRTH TO YORK , with a ...
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... scenery of these poems will be more fully described when the " tour " reaches them . In 1802-3 he published the col ... scenery of this Lay , in that region so distinctively rendered by him his own , the Midland Border of Scotland . V ...
... scenery of these poems will be more fully described when the " tour " reaches them . In 1802-3 he published the col ... scenery of this Lay , in that region so distinctively rendered by him his own , the Midland Border of Scotland . V ...
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... SCENERY . SCOTT COTT began this poem in November , 1806 , and composed it while editing John Dryden's voluminous works . It was published on the 23d of February , 1808 , " in a splendid quarto , price one guinea and a half . " The two ...
... SCENERY . SCOTT COTT began this poem in November , 1806 , and composed it while editing John Dryden's voluminous works . It was published on the 23d of February , 1808 , " in a splendid quarto , price one guinea and a half . " The two ...
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Abbey Abbotsford action Amy Robsart ancient appeared arch associated ballad Barnard Castle beautiful Ben Ledi beneath Border bride built castle celebrated century chapter character charms chief church Covenanters crags Cumnor curious dark delightful described Duke Earl edifice Edinburgh England excursion fair Fast Castle father feet high glen gray Guy Mannering Hall Highland hills hundred imagination Innerleithen interesting Isles Ivanhoe King Knight Lady lake land latter lived Loch lofty Lord Marmion mediæval Melrose miles mountain nearly noble novel o'er Old Mortality once Osbaldistone perhaps Peveril picturesque pleasant poem portion Queen Redgauntlet region rising Rob Roy rock Rokeby Park romantic route royal ruin Saint scene scenery Scotland Scottish seat side Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott sketched Smailholm Tower stone story style thence tour tower town travellers vale walls Walter Scott Waverley wild writer wrote Yarrow
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Página 49 - I tell thee thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied!
Página 67 - He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill : Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up, at once, the lurking foe...
Página 295 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee...
Página 285 - Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.
Página 38 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone.
Página 49 - Part we in friendship from your land, And, noble Earl, receive my hand." — But Douglas round him drew his cloak, Folded his arms, and thus he spoke: — " My manors, halls, and bowers, shall still Be open at my sovereign's will, To each one whom he lists, howe'er Unmeet to be the owner's peer. My castles are my king's alone, From turret to foundation-stone — The hand of Douglas is his own : And never shall in friendly grasp The hand of such as Marmion clasp.
Página 58 - On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed its signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth ; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance, soon blown to fire, Of hasty love or headlong ire.
Página 10 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 312 - It was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to crawl Dp the low crag and ruined wall.
Página 72 - The Minstrel came once more to view The eastern ridge of Benvenue, For ere he parted, he would say Farewell to lovely Loch Achray — Where shall he find, in foreign land, So lone a lake, so sweet a strand...