The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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... Eskdale - moor.1 1 [ " The ancient romance owes much of its interest to the lively picture which it affords of the times of chivalry , and of those usages , manners , and institutions , which we have been accustomed to associate in our ...
... Eskdale - moor.1 1 [ " The ancient romance owes much of its interest to the lively picture which it affords of the times of chivalry , and of those usages , manners , and institutions , which we have been accustomed to associate in our ...
Page 126
... Eskdale , a stalwart band , 3 1 [ See , besides the note on this stanza , one in the Border Minstrelsy , vol . ii . p . 10 , respecting Wat of Harden , the Au- thor's ancestor . A satirical piece , entitled " The Town Eclogue , " which ...
... Eskdale , a stalwart band , 3 1 [ See , besides the note on this stanza , one in the Border Minstrelsy , vol . ii . p . 10 , respecting Wat of Harden , the Au- thor's ancestor . A satirical piece , entitled " The Town Eclogue , " which ...
Page 127
... Eskdale . Earl Morton was lord of that valley fair , The Beattisons were his vassals there . The Earl was gentle , and mild of mood , The vassals were warlike , and fierce , and rude ; High of heart , and haughty of word , Little they ...
... Eskdale . Earl Morton was lord of that valley fair , The Beattisons were his vassals there . The Earl was gentle , and mild of mood , The vassals were warlike , and fierce , and rude ; High of heart , and haughty of word , Little they ...
Page 128
... Eskdale muir ; And it fell down a weary weight , Just on the threshold of Branksome gate . XI . The Earl was a wrathful man to see , Full fain avenged would he be . In haste to Branksome's Lord he spoke , Saying " Take these traitors to ...
... Eskdale muir ; And it fell down a weary weight , Just on the threshold of Branksome gate . XI . The Earl was a wrathful man to see , Full fain avenged would he be . In haste to Branksome's Lord he spoke , Saying " Take these traitors to ...
Page 129
... Eskdale shall long have the sound in mind . " - XII . Loudly the Beattison laugh'd in scorn ; " Little care we for thy winded horn . Ne'er shall it be the Galliard's lot , To yield his steed to a haughty Scott . Wend thou to Branksome ...
... Eskdale shall long have the sound in mind . " - XII . Loudly the Beattison laugh'd in scorn ; " Little care we for thy winded horn . Ne'er shall it be the Galliard's lot , To yield his steed to a haughty Scott . Wend thou to Branksome ...
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ancient appeared Appendix arms ballad band Bard Baron Beattisons beneath betwixt blood Border Branksome Branksome Hall Branksome's Buccleuch called CANTO castle chief Clair clan courser Cranstoun Dacre Dame dead Deloraine Douglas dread Duke Earl Earl of Angus Edinburgh English Eskdale Ettrick Ettrick Forest father friends hall hand Harden harp heard highnes horse James Jedburgh King knight Knight of Liddesdale Lady Ladye lands LAST MINSTREL Liddesdale literary Lord manner Melrose Melrose Abbey Mickledale Minstrelsy moss-troopers Musgrave Naworth Castle ne'er noble Note o'er pass'd poem poet poetical poetry ride rode romance Roslin round rung sayd scene Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border Seem'd Selkirkshire shulde Sir Walter Sir William slain song spear spirit stanzas steed stood sword Teviot's Teviotdale theyme Thomas Musgrave thou Tinlinn tion tower tyme Virgilius Walter Scott warriors wild William of Deloraine wound