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الصفحة xiii
... thought out his poem , in appropriate scenes , such as Wierdlaw ( the site of a Border beacon in the old times ) , and at Thirle- stane , whose laird alone was loyal when all his barons deserted James V. Later , in 1807 , when being ...
... thought out his poem , in appropriate scenes , such as Wierdlaw ( the site of a Border beacon in the old times ) , and at Thirle- stane , whose laird alone was loyal when all his barons deserted James V. Later , in 1807 , when being ...
الصفحة xiv
... thought that Scott should have written about Idiot Boys , and similar homely modern themes . Appar- ently most readers preferred the Lay , and most read- ers were right . As every one has heard , Jeffrey sent his review of the book to ...
... thought that Scott should have written about Idiot Boys , and similar homely modern themes . Appar- ently most readers preferred the Lay , and most read- ers were right . As every one has heard , Jeffrey sent his review of the book to ...
الصفحة xv
... thought " the more natural and original , Marmion the more power- ful and splendid . " This is a fair criticism . The Lay is the more spontaneous and " inevitable , " and , therefore , the better poem . That Marmion should have ...
... thought " the more natural and original , Marmion the more power- ful and splendid . " This is a fair criticism . The Lay is the more spontaneous and " inevitable , " and , therefore , the better poem . That Marmion should have ...
الصفحة xvi
Walter Scott. Odyssey . A man thought dead , or lost , reappears in disguise , and avenges his wrongs . The resemblances between Wilfrid of Ivanhoe and Wilton , both tour- neying , unrecognised , against an enemy , are striking , and ...
Walter Scott. Odyssey . A man thought dead , or lost , reappears in disguise , and avenges his wrongs . The resemblances between Wilfrid of Ivanhoe and Wilton , both tour- neying , unrecognised , against an enemy , are striking , and ...
الصفحة 3
... thought for Britain's weal , The hand that grasp'd the victor steel ? The vernal sun new life bestows Even on the meanest flower that blows ; - 1 The chance and change " of nature , - the vicissitudes which are observable in the moral ...
... thought for Britain's weal , The hand that grasp'd the victor steel ? The vernal sun new life bestows Even on the meanest flower that blows ; - 1 The chance and change " of nature , - the vicissitudes which are observable in the moral ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abbess ancient Angus arms band Baron battle battle of Flodden beneath blast Blount bold Border called CANTO castle Clare dame dark death deep Douglas Earl Earl of Angus Earl of Mar Edinburgh England English Ettrick Ettrick Forest fair fear fell fight Fitz-Eustace Flodden Field grace grave hall hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Heron hill holy Holy Island honour horse James IV James's King James king's knight Lady land light Lindesay Lord Marmion loud mark'd merry Minstrel Monarch monks mountain ne'er never noble Norham Norham Castle Note o'er Palmer pass'd peace Perchance Pitscottie plain poem round royal rude Saint Saint George scarce Scot Scotland Scott Scottish seem'd shield show'd Sir Launcelot spear squire steed stood Surrey sword tale Tantallon Tantallon Castle tell thee thou thought tide tower Twas Tweed Whitby Whitby's wild Wilton
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 207 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied : Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide ; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar...
الصفحة 270 - I tell thee thou'rt defied! And if thou saidst I am not peer To any lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus, thou hast lied!
الصفحة 207 - Eske river where ford there was none : But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
الصفحة 269 - But Douglas round him drew his cloak, Folded his arms, and thus he spoke: — "My manors, halls, and bowers shall still Be open at my sovereign's will To each one whom he lists, howe'er Unmeet to be the owner's peer. My castles are my king's alone, From turret to foundation-stone — The hand of Douglas is his own, And never shall in friendly grasp The hand of such as Marmion clasp.
الصفحة 103 - So, cast and mingled with his very frame. The mind's disease, its ruling passion came; Each vital humour which should feed the whole, Soon flows to this, in body and in soul: Whatever warms the heart, or fills the head, As the mind opens, and its functions spread, Imagination plies her dangerous art, And pours it all upon the peccant part.
الصفحة 291 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
الصفحة 7 - For talents mourn, untimely lost, When best employed and wanted most; Mourn genius high, and lore profound, And wit that loved to play, not wound ; And all the reasoning powers divine, To penetrate, resolve, combine ; And feelings keen, and fancy's glow, They sleep with him who sleeps below...
الصفحة 275 - Twas nor fay nor ghost I met upon the moonlight wold, But living man of earthly mould. — 0 dotage blind and gross ! Had I but fought as wont, one thrust Had laid De Wilton in the dust, My path no more to cross. — How stand we now ? — he told his tale To Douglas ; and with some avail ; 1 His eldest son, the Master of Angus.
الصفحة 292 - the while,— 0 think of your immortal weal ! In vain for Constance is your zeal ; She died at Holy Isle.
الصفحة 297 - Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.