The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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Page xiv
... Minstrelsy , the first two volumes of which appeared in the begin- ning of the next year , and the edition , consisting of eight hundred copies , was sold off before its close . This work , the earliest which can be said to have ...
... Minstrelsy , the first two volumes of which appeared in the begin- ning of the next year , and the edition , consisting of eight hundred copies , was sold off before its close . This work , the earliest which can be said to have ...
Page xvi
... Minstrelsy , was intro- duced to several of the first men of the time ; and thenceforth , bland as he was in manner , and kind : in heart , indefatigable and successful in his study of human character , and always willing to receive ...
... Minstrelsy , was intro- duced to several of the first men of the time ; and thenceforth , bland as he was in manner , and kind : in heart , indefatigable and successful in his study of human character , and always willing to receive ...
Page xix
... Minstrelsy , and ac- quired great reputation by the elegance with which that work was produced . Soon afterwards , in pursuance of Scott's advice , he removed to Edinburgh , where , under the patronage of the poet and his friends , and ...
... Minstrelsy , and ac- quired great reputation by the elegance with which that work was produced . Soon afterwards , in pursuance of Scott's advice , he removed to Edinburgh , where , under the patronage of the poet and his friends , and ...
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... Minstrelsy , iv . p . 78 ] , when I had enjoyed the first gleam of public favour , by the success of the first edition of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . The second edition of that work , published in 1803 , proved , in the ...
... Minstrelsy , iv . p . 78 ] , when I had enjoyed the first gleam of public favour , by the success of the first edition of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . The second edition of that work , published in 1803 , proved , in the ...
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... Minstrelsy appeared , I had arrived at a period of life when men , however thoughtless , encounter duties and circumstances which press consideration and plans of life upon the most careless minds . I had been for some time married ...
... Minstrelsy appeared , I had arrived at a period of life when men , however thoughtless , encounter duties and circumstances which press consideration and plans of life upon the most careless minds . I had been for some time married ...
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