The Scottish Review, Volume 23A. Gardner, 1894 - Scotland |
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... represented by two works , Glenbuckie and Kilmallie , which followed each other at a long interval , and which both deal with the almost uniformly still life of a Scottish country parish . By their form , rather than anything else ...
... represented by two works , Glenbuckie and Kilmallie , which followed each other at a long interval , and which both deal with the almost uniformly still life of a Scottish country parish . By their form , rather than anything else ...
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... representing Scottish life in all its breadth , or even in such breadth as English life is represented in , say Middlemarch and Robert Elsmere , is that that life does not merit reproduction ? Must we admit that , so far as the great ...
... representing Scottish life in all its breadth , or even in such breadth as English life is represented in , say Middlemarch and Robert Elsmere , is that that life does not merit reproduction ? Must we admit that , so far as the great ...
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... represented by Beaton and the Queen , Mary of Guise . Should he elect for union with Eng- land and a Reformed Church , or stand by the Romish priest- hood , backed by France ? The point was settled when he failed to keep tryst at York ...
... represented by Beaton and the Queen , Mary of Guise . Should he elect for union with Eng- land and a Reformed Church , or stand by the Romish priest- hood , backed by France ? The point was settled when he failed to keep tryst at York ...
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6 spoken of gratefully as Arthur the Blessed . ' He is represented as guard- ing the wall , the southern defence of the Cymri , against Pict and Angle . The most of the knights or companions whose names hundreds of years afterwards were ...
6 spoken of gratefully as Arthur the Blessed . ' He is represented as guard- ing the wall , the southern defence of the Cymri , against Pict and Angle . The most of the knights or companions whose names hundreds of years afterwards were ...
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... represented . The publishers have been very liberal in the matter of illustration , and some of the best plates are new and interesting . Herr Richter has himself added much to our knowledge , and is a diligent student of the writings ...
... represented . The publishers have been very liberal in the matter of illustration , and some of the best plates are new and interesting . Herr Richter has himself added much to our knowledge , and is a diligent student of the writings ...
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Page 247 - 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 174 - 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 167 - 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 174 - 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 236 - 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 230 - 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 237 - 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 245 - 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 118 - 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 230 - 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.