Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, المجلد 5Otis, Broaders, 1837 - 325 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 63 - Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa
الصفحة 112 - Come on, sir. Now you set your foot on shore In Novo Orbe, here's the rich Peru: And there within, sir, are the golden mines, Great Solomon's Ophir!
الصفحة 60 - skiey influences," cast his eye along the overhanging line of the Calton Hill, with its gleaming walls and towers, and then turning to the grave again, "I feel," he whispered in my ear, "I feel as if there would be less sunshine for me from this day forth.
الصفحة 200 - Assist me, ye friends of Old Books and Old Wine, To sing in the praises of sage Bannatyne, Who left such a treasure of old Scottish lore As enables each age to print one volume more. One volume more, my friends, one volume more — We'll ransack old Banny for one volume more.
الصفحة 216 - The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.
الصفحة 219 - Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal; For it must seem their guilt.
الصفحة 10 - It was a clear, bright, September morning, with a sharpness in the air that doubled the animating influence of the sunshine, and all was in readiness for a grand coursing match on Newark Hill.
الصفحة 96 - We were near enough Abbotsford to partake as often as we liked of its brilliant and constantly varying society ; yet could do so without being exposed to the worry and exhaustion of spirit which the daily reception of newcomers entailed upon all the family, except Sir Walter himself. But, in truth, even he was not always proof against the annoyances connected with such a style of open housekeeping.
الصفحة 131 - I was in town yesterday, and so keenly were the people devouring my friend Jingling Geordie, that I actually saw them reading it in the streets as they passed along. I assure you there is no exaggeration in this. A new novel from the author of Waverley puts aside — in other words, puts down for the time, every other literary performance.
الصفحة 12 - die? My joy, my pride, my hoggie ! My only beast, I had nae mae, And wow ! but I was vogie ! " — the cheers were redoubled — and the squadron moved on.