Lectures on General Literature, Poetry: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 |
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... Sir Walter Scott should have been paid five hundred for the Lay of the Last Minstrel , and from one to two , from ... Sir Walter shall arise to witch the world with noble penmanship . * • The circumstances respecting Mr. West and Sir ...
... Sir Walter Scott should have been paid five hundred for the Lay of the Last Minstrel , and from one to two , from ... Sir Walter shall arise to witch the world with noble penmanship . * • The circumstances respecting Mr. West and Sir ...
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... Sir Walter Scott ex- cels in painting battle - pieces , as overseen by some interested spectator . Eliza at Minden is circum- stanced so nearly like Clara at Flodden , that the mighty Minstrel of the North may possibly have caught the ...
... Sir Walter Scott ex- cels in painting battle - pieces , as overseen by some interested spectator . Eliza at Minden is circum- stanced so nearly like Clara at Flodden , that the mighty Minstrel of the North may possibly have caught the ...
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... Sir Walter Scott ; who founded it upon the models of his elder countrymen , rejecting their barbarisms , and blending with their better manner an abundant proportion of modern refinements . This innovation affects various forms in its ...
... Sir Walter Scott ; who founded it upon the models of his elder countrymen , rejecting their barbarisms , and blending with their better manner an abundant proportion of modern refinements . This innovation affects various forms in its ...
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... Sir Walter Scott himself was vanquished by his on the plain of Wa- terloo . The fight on the latter must for ever rank among the proudest examples of military ascendence ; but , for a thousand years to come , it can hardly be seen ...
... Sir Walter Scott himself was vanquished by his on the plain of Wa- terloo . The fight on the latter must for ever rank among the proudest examples of military ascendence ; but , for a thousand years to come , it can hardly be seen ...
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... Sir Walter Scott or Lord Byron who is popular at this hour ; and it may be safely foretold , that not one production resembling theirs , which is not theirs , will last thirty years . There is a small but peculiar class of versifiers ...
... Sir Walter Scott or Lord Byron who is popular at this hour ; and it may be safely foretold , that not one production resembling theirs , which is not theirs , will last thirty years . There is a small but peculiar class of versifiers ...
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