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... side , close under the windows , is a deep ravine , clothed with venerable trees , down which a mountain rivulet is heard , more than seen , in its progress to the Tweed . The river itself is separated from the high bank on which the ...
... side , close under the windows , is a deep ravine , clothed with venerable trees , down which a mountain rivulet is heard , more than seen , in its progress to the Tweed . The river itself is separated from the high bank on which the ...
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... side of the entrance porch . Through one of the original windows , now converted into a press beside the fireplace , the greyhounds Douglas and Percy bounded out and in at will . Scott kept his books upstairs in the dressing - room ...
... side of the entrance porch . Through one of the original windows , now converted into a press beside the fireplace , the greyhounds Douglas and Percy bounded out and in at will . Scott kept his books upstairs in the dressing - room ...
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... side a little , the " deep , black , blackguard- looking abyss " of the Devil's Beef Tub , referred to in the Laird of Summertrces ' adventure in " Redgauntlet " ( chapter xi . ) . At Yarrow Kirk , across the hills from Ashestiel ...
... side a little , the " deep , black , blackguard- looking abyss " of the Devil's Beef Tub , referred to in the Laird of Summertrces ' adventure in " Redgauntlet " ( chapter xi . ) . At Yarrow Kirk , across the hills from Ashestiel ...
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... side , a large addition , consisting of a chapel , hall , drawing - room , boudoir , and a suite of bedrooms . The old kitchen , with its motto , Waste not , want not , ' was turned into a linen Engraved by Finden From a painting by ...
... side , a large addition , consisting of a chapel , hall , drawing - room , boudoir , and a suite of bedrooms . The old kitchen , with its motto , Waste not , want not , ' was turned into a linen Engraved by Finden From a painting by ...
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... side , have all sprung up since then . And in summer it is . perhaps , the gayest and most pleasure - haunted place on the Border . The Abbotsford road is crowded with the Exempla JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART , SON - IN - LAW AND BIOGRAPHER OF ...
... side , have all sprung up since then . And in summer it is . perhaps , the gayest and most pleasure - haunted place on the Border . The Abbotsford road is crowded with the Exempla JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART , SON - IN - LAW AND BIOGRAPHER OF ...
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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.