The Scottish Review, Volume 23A. Gardner, 1894 - Scotland |
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... written for the good of the public . They often treat of the effect of environment on health in a way that is most instructive to legislators . The mere enumeration of the different death - rates among the various trades and professions ...
... written for the good of the public . They often treat of the effect of environment on health in a way that is most instructive to legislators . The mere enumeration of the different death - rates among the various trades and professions ...
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... writing to make the country ' appear attrac- tive , or to invest it , as Theocritus invested the life of shepherds , with an unearthly or ' romantic ' light . He is a realist , and his place is in the same house as the Dutch school of ...
... writing to make the country ' appear attrac- tive , or to invest it , as Theocritus invested the life of shepherds , with an unearthly or ' romantic ' light . He is a realist , and his place is in the same house as the Dutch school of ...
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... written by a man who has no time to spend in contemplating anything save the hard realities of life . Hesiod did not care to linger on spring and autumn , after the manner of poets ; they were really serious subjects , not playthings ...
... written by a man who has no time to spend in contemplating anything save the hard realities of life . Hesiod did not care to linger on spring and autumn , after the manner of poets ; they were really serious subjects , not playthings ...
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... written , and in The Little Minister , Nanny Webster , Tammas Whamond , and Weary world the policeman , are quite worthy to be placed by the side of Leeby and Jess and Tammas Haggart . In short , Mr. Barrie has , in his two most ...
... written , and in The Little Minister , Nanny Webster , Tammas Whamond , and Weary world the policeman , are quite worthy to be placed by the side of Leeby and Jess and Tammas Haggart . In short , Mr. Barrie has , in his two most ...
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... written no- where but in London , it by no means follows that these are the only works of fiction worth reading . As a simple matter of fact , the great majority of the novels which have become classics - almost all in fact , except one ...
... written no- where but in London , it by no means follows that these are the only works of fiction worth reading . As a simple matter of fact , the great majority of the novels which have become classics - almost all in fact , except one ...
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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.