The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 |
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... objects of her ambition , and no time was lost in their attainment ; for her little charge was attended by an eminent dancing- master , when such a mere infant , that she was taught her first steps on a dining - table . She never ...
... objects of her ambition , and no time was lost in their attainment ; for her little charge was attended by an eminent dancing- master , when such a mere infant , that she was taught her first steps on a dining - table . She never ...
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... objects to engage her attention , and the late hours incident to a life of dissipation , her studies ( if they could be so called ) were not prosecuted with any degree of diligence or success . As if foreseeing how short would be the ...
... objects to engage her attention , and the late hours incident to a life of dissipation , her studies ( if they could be so called ) were not prosecuted with any degree of diligence or success . As if foreseeing how short would be the ...
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... object of her dearest affections , and who , having hitherto been indulged in every wish , and even every caprice , was ill pre- pared to submit to the control of a mother - in - law . Without reflecting that the evil she anticipated ...
... object of her dearest affections , and who , having hitherto been indulged in every wish , and even every caprice , was ill pre- pared to submit to the control of a mother - in - law . Without reflecting that the evil she anticipated ...
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... object of his curiosity . If any of her friends or acquaintance happened to call on her , he would examine them with a suspicious cu- riosity , which usually compelled them to shorten their visits , and took from them the desire of re ...
... object of his curiosity . If any of her friends or acquaintance happened to call on her , he would examine them with a suspicious cu- riosity , which usually compelled them to shorten their visits , and took from them the desire of re ...
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... object proposed . She had little or no society , and her mind languished for want of con- genial conversation , and her natural vivacity seem- ed extinguished by the monotony of her life . Her father - in - law was in the habit of ...
... object proposed . She had little or no society , and her mind languished for want of con- genial conversation , and her natural vivacity seem- ed extinguished by the monotony of her life . Her father - in - law was in the habit of ...
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Page 264 - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Page 440 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Page 368 - I saw him again yesterday, and was surprised to find the levee-room had lost so entirely the air of the lion's den. This Sovereign don't stand in one spot, with his eyes fixed royally on the ground, and dropping bits of German news; he walks about, and speaks to everybody. I saw him afterwards on the throne, where he is graceful and genteel, sits with dignity, and reads his answers to addresses well...
Page 325 - At his first coming on board us, he had so much forgot his language, for want of use, that we could scarce understand him, for he seemed to speak his words by halves.
Page 454 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, But let us part fair foes; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing; I would also deem O'er others...
Page 442 - For then he was inspired, and from him came, As from the Pythian's mystic cave of yore, Those oracles which set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more...
Page 333 - ... at last became such a task, that she was forced to go out of the way ; for they were in general extremely satisfied of the truth of the thing, and plainly saw that Mrs. Bargrave was no hypochondriac, for she always appears with such a cheerful air and pleasing mien, that...
Page 266 - ... eyes, and a large mole near his mouth : was born in London, and for many years was a, hose-factor in Freeman's Yard, in Cornhill, and now is owner of the brick and pantile •works near Tilbury Fort, in Essex : whoever shall discover the said Daniel De Foe to one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or any of her Majesty's justices of peace, so as he may be apprehended, shall have a reward of £50, which her Majesty has ordered immediately to be paid upon such discovery.
Page 333 - ... her own mouth. I should have told you before that Mrs. Veal told Mrs. Bargrave that her sister and brother-in-law were just come down from London to see her. Says Mrs. Bargrave, "How came you to order matters so strangely?" "It could not be helped,
Page 421 - The Boy was sprung to manhood : in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his Soul drank their sunbeams; he was girt With strange and dusky aspects; he was not Himself like what he had been; on the sea 110 And on the shore he was a wanderer...