Abbotsford and Newstead AbbeyThe section on Abbotsford describes a visit to Sir Walter Scott, and that on Newstead consists of a description of the abbey. |
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... mind some household air , some almost - forgotten song of the nursery , by which I had been lulled to sleep in my childhood ; and with them the looks and voices of those who had sung them , and who were now no more . Scotland is ...
... mind some household air , some almost - forgotten song of the nursery , by which I had been lulled to sleep in my childhood ; and with them the looks and voices of those who had sung them , and who were now no more . Scotland is ...
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Washington Irving. alive to them . Their effect in calling up in my mind the recollections of early times and seasons in which I had first heard them , reminded him , he said , of the lines of his poor friend , Leyden , to the Scottish ...
Washington Irving. alive to them . Their effect in calling up in my mind the recollections of early times and seasons in which I had first heard them , reminded him , he said , of the lines of his poor friend , Leyden , to the Scottish ...
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... minds . We had not walked much farther , before we saw the two Miss Scotts advancing along the hill - side to meet us . The morn- ing's studies being over , they had set off to take a ramble on the hills , and gather heather blossoms ...
... minds . We had not walked much farther , before we saw the two Miss Scotts advancing along the hill - side to meet us . The morn- ing's studies being over , they had set off to take a ramble on the hills , and gather heather blossoms ...
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... minds than we are aware of it comes , no doubt , from their being so familiar with witches and warlocks . He went on to tell a little story , about a gudeman who was returning to his cottage , one night , when , in a lonely out - of ...
... minds than we are aware of it comes , no doubt , from their being so familiar with witches and warlocks . He went on to tell a little story , about a gudeman who was returning to his cottage , one night , when , in a lonely out - of ...
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... mind between the altar and the halter , the love of life prevailed , and the youth resigned himself to the charms of Muckle - mouthed Meg . Contrary to all the probabilities of romance , the match proved a happy one . The baron's ...
... mind between the altar and the halter , the love of life prevailed , and the youth resigned himself to the charms of Muckle - mouthed Meg . Contrary to all the probabilities of romance , the match proved a happy one . The baron's ...
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Page 70 - Thus while I ape the measure wild Of tales that charmed me yet a child, Rude though they be, still with the chime Return the thoughts of early time; And feelings, roused in life's first day, Glow in the line and prompt the lay.
Page 13 - 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 184 - twill impart Some pangs to view his happier lot : But let them pass— Oh ! how my heart Would hate him, if he loved thee not ! When late I saw thy favourite child, I thought my jealous heart would break ; But when the unconscious infant smiled, I kiss'd it for its mother's sake.
Page 137 - By the old Hall which may be mine no more. Leman's is fair; but think not I forsake The sweet remembrance of a dearer shore; Sad havoc Time must with my memory make, Ere that or thou can fade these eyes before; Though, like all things which I have loved, they are Resign'd for ever, or divided far.
Page 71 - Glared through the window's rusty bars, And ever, by the winter hearth, Old tales I heard of woe or mirth, Of lovers...
Page 194 - He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came...
Page 42 - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die...
Page 193 - Had wander'd from its dwelling, and her eyes They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others
Page 186 - Because I cannot love but one. And I will cross the whitening foam, And I will seek a foreign home; Till I forget...
Page 171 - Not by the sport of nature, but of man : These two, a maiden and a youth, were there Gazing — the one on all that was beneath Fair as herself— but the boy gazed on her ; And both were young, and one was beautiful : And both were young — yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon on the horizon's verge The maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart Had far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him...