The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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Page xix
... James Ballan- tyne , a schoolfellow of Scott , a man possessing considerable literary talent , having become the editor and printer of a newspaper in Kelso , had been employed to print the Minstrelsy , and ac- quired great reputation by ...
... James Ballan- tyne , a schoolfellow of Scott , a man possessing considerable literary talent , having become the editor and printer of a newspaper in Kelso , had been employed to print the Minstrelsy , and ac- quired great reputation by ...
Page xxii
... James ; and that this firm , with the acknowledged patronage of Scott and his friends , should engage in a series of extensive literary undertakings , including , amongst others , the an- nual publication of a historical and literary ...
... James ; and that this firm , with the acknowledged patronage of Scott and his friends , should engage in a series of extensive literary undertakings , including , amongst others , the an- nual publication of a historical and literary ...
Page 38
... James II . The royal arms , with the unicorn , are engraved on a stone in the western side of the tower . There was a much more ancient castle in its immediate vicinity , called Auldwark , founded , it is said , by Alexander III . Both ...
... James II . The royal arms , with the unicorn , are engraved on a stone in the western side of the tower . There was a much more ancient castle in its immediate vicinity , called Auldwark , founded , it is said , by Alexander III . Both ...
Page 40
... James , Duke of Monmouth , who was beheaded in 1685 . 1 Francis Scott , Earl of Buccleuch , father of the Duchess . 2 Walter , Earl of Buccleuch , grandfather of the Duchess , and a celebrated warrior . The Aged Minstrel audience gain'd ...
... James , Duke of Monmouth , who was beheaded in 1685 . 1 Francis Scott , Earl of Buccleuch , father of the Duchess . 2 Walter , Earl of Buccleuch , grandfather of the Duchess , and a celebrated warrior . The Aged Minstrel audience gain'd ...
Page 48
... James of Compostella , for the benefit of the soul of the deceased . But as he returned through the town of Ryol , after accom- plishment of his vow , he was beset and treacherously slain , by the kindred of the knight whom he had ...
... James of Compostella , for the benefit of the soul of the deceased . But as he returned through the town of Ryol , after accom- plishment of his vow , he was beset and treacherously slain , by the kindred of the knight whom he had ...
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