The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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... chief men of the op- posite party in Edinburgh , but several of them were his intimate friends and associates ; and he even was for some years an occasional con- tributor to the Edinburgh Review . In 1804 was published his edition of ...
... chief men of the op- posite party in Edinburgh , but several of them were his intimate friends and associates ; and he even was for some years an occasional con- tributor to the Edinburgh Review . In 1804 was published his edition of ...
Page 17
... sent to Pluto's gloomy reign , The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain , Whose bones , unburied on the desert shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore . " a snare to the composer who uses it in more 2 LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
... sent to Pluto's gloomy reign , The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain , Whose bones , unburied on the desert shore , Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore . " a snare to the composer who uses it in more 2 LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... chief excellence of ' The Lay ' consists in the beauty of the descriptions of local scenery , and the accurate picture of customs and manners among the Scottish Border- ers at the time it refers to . The various exploits and adven ...
... chief excellence of ' The Lay ' consists in the beauty of the descriptions of local scenery , and the accurate picture of customs and manners among the Scottish Border- ers at the time it refers to . The various exploits and adven ...
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... Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian ... chiefs CANTO I. ] 47 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian ... chiefs CANTO I. ] 47 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... chiefs , their own red falchions slew : While Cessford owns the rule of Carr , While Ettrick boasts the line of Scott , The slaughter'd chiefs , the mortal jar , The havoc of the feudal war , Shall never , never be forgot ! 1 1 Among ...
... chiefs , their own red falchions slew : While Cessford owns the rule of Carr , While Ettrick boasts the line of Scott , The slaughter'd chiefs , the mortal jar , The havoc of the feudal war , Shall never , never be forgot ! 1 1 Among ...
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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