The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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Page vi
... literary pursuits ; but now , introduced with imperfect preparation into a large and thoroughly trained class , consisting of boisterous boys , his childish zeal for learning seems to have been quenched by ambition of another kind . His ...
... literary pursuits ; but now , introduced with imperfect preparation into a large and thoroughly trained class , consisting of boisterous boys , his childish zeal for learning seems to have been quenched by ambition of another kind . His ...
Page xi
... literary industry , may be safely referred to the period of his apprenticeship , and be admitted as evidence that at all events he was not system- atically negligent of his duties . Historical and imaginative reading , however ...
... literary industry , may be safely referred to the period of his apprenticeship , and be admitted as evidence that at all events he was not system- atically negligent of his duties . Historical and imaginative reading , however ...
Page xii
... literary compositions than essays for the debating societies . In July , 1792 , he was called to the bar . Im- mediately after his first circuit , he commenced that series of " raids , " as he playfully called them , or excursions into ...
... literary compositions than essays for the debating societies . In July , 1792 , he was called to the bar . Im- mediately after his first circuit , he commenced that series of " raids , " as he playfully called them , or excursions into ...
Page xiv
... literary men . Still , however , though now twenty - eight years of age , he had done nothing to found a reputation as a man of letters ; and there appeared as yet little probabil- ity that he would devote himself to literature as a ...
... literary men . Still , however , though now twenty - eight years of age , he had done nothing to found a reputation as a man of letters ; and there appeared as yet little probabil- ity that he would devote himself to literature as a ...
Page xvi
... literary men , and now possessing high reputation based upon the 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 ...
... literary men , and now possessing high reputation based upon the 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 ...
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