The Wisdom of Sir Walter: Criticisms and Opinions Collected from the Waverley Novels and Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter ScottA. & C. Black, 1907 - Počet stran: 309 |
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Strana 72 - romantic and sublime than that of the northern mountains, it must be allowed to possess in the same proportion superior softness and beauty; and, upon the whole, we feel ourselves entitled to exclaim with the patriotic Syrian—' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the rivers of Israel
Strana 12 - be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions—always in the wrong— Was everything by starts, but nothing long ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then, all for women, painting, fiddling, drinking; Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Strana 206 - p. 509. A Quaker beauty of the present day, who, while she retains the garb and costume of her sect, continues to give to its simplicity, by the choice of materials and the mode of disposing them, a certain air of coquettish attraction, savouring but too much of the vanities of tho world. Quakers. Redgauntlet. Letter
Strana 90 - the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both man and woman, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Strana 26 - to children's understanding is a mistake : set them on the scent, and let them puzzle it out. Life of Scott. Vol. IX., p. 54. How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board ! It is like the aged man reclining under the shadow of the oak which he has planted. Life of Scott. Vol.
Strana 182 - Roy. Chap. XXXVIII., p. 671. There are few more melancholy sensations than those with which we regard scenes of past pleasure when altered and deserted. Politeness. Waverley. Chap. XXIX., p. 76. There are few nations, by the way, who can boast of so much natural politeness as the Highlanders.* The Antiquary. Chap.
Strana 5 - We worldly men, when we see friends and kinsmen Past hope sunk in their fortunes, lend no hand To lift them up, but rather set our feet Upon their heads to press them to the bottom, As I must yield with you I practised it; But now I see you in a way to rise, I can and will assist you.
Strana 36 - it a turn very different perhaps from what they themselves anticipated. Gallantry becomes mingled with conversation, and affection and passion come gradually to mix with gallantry. Nobles, as well as shepherd swains, will, in such a trying moment, say more than they intended; and queens, like village maidens, will listen longer than they should. Coquetry. Kenilworth. Chap.
Strana 286 - What is this world?—a dream within a dream: as we grow older, each step is an awakening. The youth awakes, as he thinks, from childhood—the full-grown man despises the pursuits of youth as visionary—the old man looks on manhood as a feverish dream. The grave the last sleep ? No ; it is the last and final awakening. The
Strana 118 - Home. The Bride of Lammermoor. Chap. XVII., p. 429. Sir, stay at home, and take an old man's counsel; Seek not to bask you by a stranger's hearth ; Our own blue smoke is warmer than their fire; Domestic food is wholesome, though 'tis homely, And foreign dainties poisonous, though tasteful. The French Courtezan.