The Making of Abbotsford, and Incidents in Scottish History, Drawn from Various Sources |
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The Making of Abbotsford and Incidents in Scottish History Hon. Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 15 - Not long after the death of a late illustrious poet who had filled, while living, a great station in the eye of the public, a literary friend, to whom the deceased had been well known, was engaged during the darkening twilight of an autumn evening in perusing one of the publications which professed to detail the habits and opinions of the distinguished individual who was now no more. As the reader had enjoyed the intimacy of the deceased to a considerable degree, he was deeply interested in the publication,...
Page 11 - Sad hearts, too, at Darnick, and in the cottages of Abbotsford. I have half resolved never to see the place again. How could I tread my hall with such a diminished crest ? How live a poor indebted man, where I was once the wealthy — the honored?
Page 7 - Shakespeare, [the gift of a famous collector], with his superb cabinet, which serves as a pedestal. This opens into the little drawing-room, to which it serves as a chapel of ease ; and on the other side, to a handsome dining-parlour of 27 feet by 18, with three windows to the north, and one to the south — the last to be Gothic, and filled with stained glass. Besides these commodities, there is a small conservatory or green house; and a study for myself, which we design to fit up with ornaments...
Page 197 - Governor * should not have power to do ill to his person, whom God preserve from his enemies. Nothing I neglected, but presently upon the receipt of your Majestie's, the court being far off, I sent one trusty who hath done so much as if I myself had been there, both to understand the past, and for prevention of evil to come. He hath dealt with such as both may and will have regard to our jewel's preservation, and will use a bridle to the wicked when need require.
Page 16 - ... brought to his imagination. He stopped for a single moment, so as to notice the wonderful accuracy with which fancy had impressed upon the bodily eye the peculiarities of dress and posture of the illustrious poet. Sensible, however, of the delusion, he felt no sentiment save that of wonder at the extraordinary accuracy of the resemblance, and stepped onwards towards the figure, which resolved itself, as he approached, into the various materials of which it was composed. These were merely a screen,...
Page 16 - I speak saw, right before him, and in a standing posture, the exact representation of his departed friend whose recollection had been so strongly brought to his imagination. He stopped for a single moment, so as to notice the wonderful accuracy with which fancy had impressed upon the bodily eye the peculiarities of dress and posture of the illustrious poet. Sensible, however, of the delusion, he felt no sentiment save that of wonder at the extraordinary accuracy of the resemblance, and stepped onward...
Page 89 - He was a sweet-tempered, amiable man, in all things resembling Edward the Confessor ; mild in his administration, equitable and beneficent.' It is not an improbable conjecture that these features may have endeared him to the Martyr, and in the absence of greater certitude as to dates, it is possible that Magnus may have remained with him until his death, January 8th, 1106, when he was succeeded by his brother Alexander I, a man of a very different temperament.
Page 56 - ... with special affection, kissing it, and often taking it into his hands. Sometimes he sent for a worker in precious metals, whom he commanded to ornament that volume with gold and gems, and when the work was finished the King himself used to carry the volume to the Queen as a kind proof of his devotion.
Page 19 - On lifting up his desk, we found arranged in careful order a series of little objects, which had obviously been so placed there that his eye might rest on them every morning before he began his tasks. These were the old-fashioned boxes that had garnished his mother's toilet, when...
Page 16 - ... twilight of an autumn evening in perusing one of the publications which professed to detail the habits and opinions of the distinguished individual who was now no more. As the reader had enjoyed the intimacy of the deceased to a considerable degree he was deeply interested in the publication, which contained some particulars relating to himself and other friends. A visitor was sitting in the apartment, who was also engaged in reading. Their sitting-room opened into an entrance-hall rather fantastically...