Sir Walter Scott: the Story of His LifeJ. R. Osgood, 1871 - Počet stran: 488 During his reunion with Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver tells of his quest to recover the remaining treasure from Treasure Island. |
Vyhledávání v knize
Výsledky 1-5 z 47
Strana 2
... taken great pains to prepare himself for them . - - a Sprung from the middle class in Scotland , country where the peasantry honor respectable line- age , even in the persons of men of fallen fortunes , - Scott had the advantage of ...
... taken great pains to prepare himself for them . - - a Sprung from the middle class in Scotland , country where the peasantry honor respectable line- age , even in the persons of men of fallen fortunes , - Scott had the advantage of ...
Strana 16
... taken in as a partner , and , on the death of his principal , succeeded to the business , in which his great simpli- city of character was counterbalanced by severe prob- ity , great shrewdness , and untiring zeal for the interests of ...
... taken in as a partner , and , on the death of his principal , succeeded to the business , in which his great simpli- city of character was counterbalanced by severe prob- ity , great shrewdness , and untiring zeal for the interests of ...
Strana 19
... taken to Sandy- Knowe , where his father had been born . It was hoped , rather than believed , that free exercise in the open air , and good country diet , might have a curative effect . Sandy - Knowe , five or six miles from the ...
... taken to Sandy- Knowe , where his father had been born . It was hoped , rather than believed , that free exercise in the open air , and good country diet , might have a curative effect . Sandy - Knowe , five or six miles from the ...
Strana 21
... taken to Bath to try whether the use of the waters there might be of some advantage to his lameness . Already , indeed , Nature , left to herself , had gradually been recupe- rative . His own words are , 66 My health was by this time a ...
... taken to Bath to try whether the use of the waters there might be of some advantage to his lameness . Already , indeed , Nature , left to herself , had gradually been recupe- rative . His own words are , 66 My health was by this time a ...
Strana 26
... taken to Preston - Pans , a few miles below Edinburgh , for sea- bathing . There , the scene of a noted conflict be- tween the Stuart and the English forces in 1745 , in which Col. Gardiner received his death - wound , he ÆT . 7. ] AT ...
... taken to Preston - Pans , a few miles below Edinburgh , for sea- bathing . There , the scene of a noted conflict be- tween the Stuart and the English forces in 1745 , in which Col. Gardiner received his death - wound , he ÆT . 7. ] AT ...
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
Abbotsford acquainted Adam Fergusson admiration ancient appeared author of Waverley authorship ballad brother Buccleugh burgh Cadell called canto Castle Chantrey character Charles Constable copies daughter death Duke Edinburgh edition England English Erskine Ettrick father favor Fergusson genius George guests Guy Mannering hand head heard Heart of Mid-Lothian honor hundred pounds James Ballantyne Jeffrey Joanna Baillie John Ballantyne King labor Lady land letter literary Lockhart London Lord Byron manuscript Marmion Melrose Melrose Abbey ment mind Minstrel Minstrelsy Moore Morritt Napoleon never Old Mortality once poem poet poetical poetry portrait Prince published received Rob Roy Robert Rokeby romance royal scarcely scene scenery Scot Scotch Scotland Scottish Shakspeare Sir Wal Sir Walter Scott sketch story Thomas Scott thought thousand pounds tion Tom Purdie took volumes Waverley novels William Laidlaw writing written wrote young