The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 |
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... talent for drawing , engaged George Smith , a celebrated artist , and a native and inhabitant of that city , to instruct her in the rudiments of his art , and she was taken two or three times in a week to his house BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
... talent for drawing , engaged George Smith , a celebrated artist , and a native and inhabitant of that city , to instruct her in the rudiments of his art , and she was taken two or three times in a week to his house BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
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... talents ; but she was always thought too great a genius to study . She had a great taste for music , and a correct ear , but never applied to it with sufficient steadiness to insure success . But however she might be inferior to others ...
... talents ; but she was always thought too great a genius to study . She had a great taste for music , and a correct ear , but never applied to it with sufficient steadiness to insure success . But however she might be inferior to others ...
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... talents of Miss Turner were always put in requisition , as she was considered by far the best actress of the little troop ; and her thea- trical talents were much applauded both at school and at home , where she was frequently called on ...
... talents of Miss Turner were always put in requisition , as she was considered by far the best actress of the little troop ; and her thea- trical talents were much applauded both at school and at home , where she was frequently called on ...
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... is considered between the time of her leaving school and her marriage , and that his convivial talents made his company so generally courted , that he had little leisure to bestow on his family , she must 8 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
... is considered between the time of her leaving school and her marriage , and that his convivial talents made his company so generally courted , that he had little leisure to bestow on his family , she must 8 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
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... happiness , she had occasional enjoyment ; she had better and more frequent society ; she was better appreciated , both on account of her talents and her personal attractions . Though she was at that time the 20 BIOGRAPHICAL . MEMOIRS .
... happiness , she had occasional enjoyment ; she had better and more frequent society ; she was better appreciated , both on account of her talents and her personal attractions . Though she was at that time the 20 BIOGRAPHICAL . MEMOIRS .
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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...
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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...