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" TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD, 1791. THIS HUMBLE INDIvIDUAL PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE vIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INvESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS; REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE FROM vERACITY, EvEN TO... "
The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Wigton - Page 243
1845
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The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford ...

Walter Scott - Authors, Scottish - 1890 - 536 pages
...reverse of his father's ; but that is nothing at such a time. Burn went on to Richardson's place of year of God 1791. This humble individual practised in real life the virtues with which fiction has invested the imaginary character of Jeaaie Deans ; refusing the slightest departure from veracity,...
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Here's a Hand

Wallace Bruce - 1893 - 292 pages
...with this inscription : — "THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR OF ' WAVERLEY ' Co tfje fSratorg of HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD 1791....Practised in real life The virtues With which fiction has invested The imaginary character of Jeanie Deans. Refusing the slightest departure From veracity,...
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Noble Lives and Noble Deeds: Forty Lessons, by Various Writers, Illustrating ...

Edward Augustus Horton - Religious education - 1893 - 144 pages
...WAS ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR OF W AVE RLE Y (Co ti)t .rocnmrp or HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OP GOD, 1791 THIS HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INVESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS, REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE FROM VERACITY...
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The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 17

Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - Scotland - 1912 - 322 pages
...for the grave of his favourite heroine, and which remains clearly decipherable on the gravestone: — "This stone was erected by the author of Waverley...practised in real life the virtues with which fiction has invested the imaginary character of Jeanie Deans. Refusing the slightest departure from veracity,...
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The heart of Midlothian

Walter Scott - 1896 - 614 pages
...written by Sir Walter Scott : — THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLET TO THE MEMORY OP HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD 1791. THIS...PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INVESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS; REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE FROM VERACITY,...
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The Heart of Midlothian

Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1898 - 630 pages
...following epitaph, written by Sir Walter Scott:— THIS STOXg WAS ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLET TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD 1791. THIS HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL PRACTISED IN REAL LJFg THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INVESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEAXS; RJFUSrNG...
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Curious Epitaphs

William Andrews - Epitaphs - 1899 - 284 pages
...novelist. The following is the inscription : — This stone was erected by the author of Waverley to the memory of HELEN WALKER, who died in the year of God...practised in real • life the virtues with which f1ction has invested the imaginary character of Jeanie Deans ; refusing the slightest departure from...
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Noble Lives and Noble Deeds: Forty Lessons, by Various Writers, Illustrating ...

Edward Augustus Horton - Religious education - 1899 - 154 pages
...the churchyard of Irongrey THIS STOKE WAS ERECTED BY THi AUTHOR OF W AVE RLE Y Œa tftc .Шсшогр HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD, 1791 THIS HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL PRACTISED IN R LIFE THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTIOÎ HAS INVESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS, REFUSING...
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Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5

John Gibson Lockhart - 1900 - 554 pages
...him this beautiful inscription for it : — THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR OF WAvERLEY TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD,...PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE vIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INvESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS; REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE FROM vERACITY,...
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Scotland: The Lowlands

Mountford John Byrde Baddeley - 1887 - 314 pages
...inscription written by Sir Walter himself ; it runs : This stone was erected by the Author of Waverley to the memory of Helen Walker who died in the year of God,...practised in real life the virtues with which fiction has invested the imaginary character of JEANIE DEANS. Refusing the slightest departure from veracity...
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