The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border ; Sir Tristrem ; and Dramatic PiecesBaudry's European Library, 1838 - 532 pages |
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... March 1830 , the " Introductory Remarks on Popular Poetry , " which appear at the head of the present volume , and an " Essay on Imitations of the ancient Ballad , " chase or the battle , trains them to more measured 1 Bernard A ...
... March 1830 , the " Introductory Remarks on Popular Poetry , " which appear at the head of the present volume , and an " Essay on Imitations of the ancient Ballad , " chase or the battle , trains them to more measured 1 Bernard A ...
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... March 12 , 1833 . [ Sir Walter Scott , as this paragraph intimates , never doubted that the Iliad and Odyssey were substantially the works of one and the same indi- vidual . He said of the Wolfian hypothesis , that it was the most ...
... March 12 , 1833 . [ Sir Walter Scott , as this paragraph intimates , never doubted that the Iliad and Odyssey were substantially the works of one and the same indi- vidual . He said of the Wolfian hypothesis , that it was the most ...
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... March , 1830 . INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION . From the remote period , when the Roman Province was contracted by the ramparts of Severus , until the union of the Kingdoms , the Borders of Scotland formed the stage , upon which were ...
... March , 1830 . INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION . From the remote period , when the Roman Province was contracted by the ramparts of Severus , until the union of the Kingdoms , the Borders of Scotland formed the stage , upon which were ...
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... March , and Lord Soulis , renowned in tra- dition [ 1249 ] ; and such were also the powerful Comyns , who early acquired the principal sway upon the Scottish Marches . In the civil wars betwixt Bruce and Baliol [ 1300 ] , all those ...
... March , and Lord Soulis , renowned in tra- dition [ 1249 ] ; and such were also the powerful Comyns , who early acquired the principal sway upon the Scottish Marches . In the civil wars betwixt Bruce and Baliol [ 1300 ] , all those ...
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... march , and executed the most rigid justice upon the asto- nished offenders . Their submission was made with sin- gular solemnity . Two hundred of the tribe met the King , at the water of Rule , holding in their hands the naked swords ...
... march , and executed the most rigid justice upon the asto- nished offenders . Their submission was made with sin- gular solemnity . Two hundred of the tribe met the King , at the water of Rule , holding in their hands the naked swords ...
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Page 211 - THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea...
Page 157 - In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet.
Page 212 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night. Since my three sons are well.
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Page 88 - To mount the first before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — " Had there not been peace between our lands Upon the other side thou hadst gaed ! — " Now sound out, trumpets !
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Page 248 - Ercildoune, a person came running in, and told, with marks of fear and astonishment, that a hart and hind had left the neighbouring forest, and were, composedly and slowly, parading the street of the village. The prophet instantly arose, left his habitation, and followed the wonderful animals to the forest, whence he was never seen to return. According to the popular belief, he still "drees his weird" in Fairy Land, and is one day expected to revisit earth.