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... Ettrick and Tweed valleys was " the Forest , " classic in history , and immortal in the sweet settings of Border minstrelsy . With Abbotsford , too , the neighbouring mansions , many of them , passed from their primitive shoot- ing ...
... Ettrick and Tweed valleys was " the Forest , " classic in history , and immortal in the sweet settings of Border minstrelsy . With Abbotsford , too , the neighbouring mansions , many of them , passed from their primitive shoot- ing ...
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... Ettrick and Yarrow , and Tweed and Teviot , since Scott was their most familiar figure ! More than one - half of their peaceful , plodding populations have gone to swell the big local manufacturing centres , as Hawick and Galashiels ...
... Ettrick and Yarrow , and Tweed and Teviot , since Scott was their most familiar figure ! More than one - half of their peaceful , plodding populations have gone to swell the big local manufacturing centres , as Hawick and Galashiels ...
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... Ettrick and Yarrow landmarks ; and in the distance the grassy peaks of Peeblesshire . On the south are the Dunion and Ruberslaw , Penielheugh and Lilliard's Edge , Carter Fell , and the long wavy outline of the Cheviots . To the north ...
... Ettrick and Yarrow landmarks ; and in the distance the grassy peaks of Peeblesshire . On the south are the Dunion and Ruberslaw , Penielheugh and Lilliard's Edge , Carter Fell , and the long wavy outline of the Cheviots . To the north ...
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... Ettrick stand as Scott saw them during his period of Sheriff'ship . Blackhouse , the home of " dear Willie Laidlaw , frequently visited by Scott with Leyden and Skene in " their ballad - hunting excursions , has not altered much. From an ...
... Ettrick stand as Scott saw them during his period of Sheriff'ship . Blackhouse , the home of " dear Willie Laidlaw , frequently visited by Scott with Leyden and Skene in " their ballad - hunting excursions , has not altered much. From an ...
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... Ettrick Kirk , where Scott first met James Hogg , demolished in 1830 , has been recently commemorated by a handsome freestone obelisk . It is to Abbotsford , however , that one naturally turns in dealing with the homes of Sir Walter ...
... Ettrick Kirk , where Scott first met James Hogg , demolished in 1830 , has been recently commemorated by a handsome freestone obelisk . It is to Abbotsford , however , that one naturally turns in dealing with the homes of Sir Walter ...
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Page 44 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Page 18 - And when we came to Clovenford, Then said my ' winsome Marrow,' " Whate'er betide, we'll turn aside, And see the Braes of Yarrow." " Let Yarrow folk, frae Selkirk town, Who have been buying, selling, Go back to Yarrow, 'tis their own ; Each maiden to her dwelling ! On Yarrow's banks let herons feed, Hares couch, and rabbits burrow ! But we will downward with the Tweed, Nor turn aside to Yarrow.
Page 44 - The Summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Loch Katrine blue ; Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kissed the lake, just stirred the trees, And the pleased lake, like maiden coy, Trembled but dimpled not for joy...
Page 44 - NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear : Late, gazing down the steepy linn, That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet might ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble...
Page 43 - Without the features of a regular beauty, she was rich in personal attractions; "a form that was fashioned as light as a fay's"; a complexion of the clearest and lightest olive; eyes large, deep-set and dazzling, of the finest Italian brown ; and a profusion of silken tresses, black as the raven's wing; her address hovering between the reserve of a pretty young Englishwoman who has not mingled largely in general society, and a certain natural archness and gaiety that suited well with the accompaniment...
Page 11 - It was a barren scene and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled, But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks the sweetest shade The sun in all its round surveyed...
Page 14 - Tis with the thankful glance of parting praise; More mighty spots may rise, more glaring shine, But none unite in one attaching maze The brilliant, fair, and soft, — the glories of old days...
Page 42 - She joined to a light and happy temper of mind a strong turn to study poetry and works of imagination. She was sincerely devout, but her religion was, as became her sex, of a cast less austere than my father's. Still, the discipline of the Presbyterian Sabbath was severely strict, and I think injudiciously so.
Page 30 - I am as tired of the operation as old Maida, who had been so often sketched that he got up and walked off with signs of loathing whenever he saw an artist unfurl his paper, and handle his brushes.
Page 16 - The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake taken together.