The Scottish Review, Volume 23A. Gardner, 1894 - Scotland |
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... brought him students , among whom was Joseph Black , who afterwards in succession held the Chairs of Chemistry and Anatomy and of Practice of Medicine , and added greatly to the fame of the University and to the number of its 14 The ...
... brought him students , among whom was Joseph Black , who afterwards in succession held the Chairs of Chemistry and Anatomy and of Practice of Medicine , and added greatly to the fame of the University and to the number of its 14 The ...
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... brought some con- tempt on Scotch medical degrees , and caused much scandal early in the century by virtually selling ' its degrees without examina tion . No doubt they were only conferred on men who had a medical qualification already ...
... brought some con- tempt on Scotch medical degrees , and caused much scandal early in the century by virtually selling ' its degrees without examina tion . No doubt they were only conferred on men who had a medical qualification already ...
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... brought us out to the wilderness to see ? ' Hesiod was one of those to whom the familiar acts and pro- cesses of life , the ' works and days , ' seem a fit material for art -the same art which treats the stranger phenomena of nature or ...
... brought us out to the wilderness to see ? ' Hesiod was one of those to whom the familiar acts and pro- cesses of life , the ' works and days , ' seem a fit material for art -the same art which treats the stranger phenomena of nature or ...
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... brought up to some agricultural or pastoral employment , and perhaps really watched sheep on the hillside , wrought his deliverance and trained himself to the service of those ladies who had vouchsafed to feed him with food that ...
... brought up to some agricultural or pastoral employment , and perhaps really watched sheep on the hillside , wrought his deliverance and trained himself to the service of those ladies who had vouchsafed to feed him with food that ...
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... should be carefully noted , of typical dishes , not of tit - bits - will suggest many curious reflections to Scotsmen who have been brought up on Scott and Galt . Of these , one cannot but play 42 Scottish Fiction of To - day .
... should be carefully noted , of typical dishes , not of tit - bits - will suggest many curious reflections to Scotsmen who have been brought up on Scott and Galt . Of these , one cannot but play 42 Scottish Fiction of To - day .
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Page 249 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of power, assembled there, complain For kindred power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Page 176 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 169 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and uf in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things; and we by him.
Page 176 - Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
Page 238 - In politics, a bitter and unscrupulous partisan ; profuse and ostentatious in expense ; agitated by the hopes and fears of a gambler; perpetually sacrificing the perfection of his compositions, and the durability of his fame, to his eagerness for money...
Page 232 - I did so fast, that the last two volumes were written in three weeks. I had a great deal of fun in the accomplishment of this task, though I do not expect that it will be popular in the south, as much of the humor, if there be any, is local, and some of it even professional.
Page 239 - received several excuses, and the party was a small one ; " and, knowing all the people present, I was satisfied that " the writer of that novel must have been, and could have " been, no other than Walter Scott. " He spoiled the fame of his poetry by his superior " prose. He has such extent and versatility of powers in " writing, that, should his Novels ever tire the public, " which is not likely, he will apply himself to something " else, and succeed as well. " His mottoes from old plays prove...
Page 247 - And if they take my salaries of £1300 and £300, they cannot but give me something out of them. I have been rash in anticipating funds to buy land, but then I made from £5000 to £10,000 a year, and land was my temptation.
Page 120 - When I was a boy just turn'd of nine, My uncle sent for me, To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him, And keep him companie.
Page 232 - It was a very old attempt of mine to embody some traits of those characters and manners peculiar to Scotland, the last remnants of which vanished during my own youth, so that few or no traces now remain.