 I say his prose writings — for who that has read his sublime quatrains on the doctrine of Spinoza can doubt that he might have united, if he had pleased, in some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 94edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 432 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...the usual bedtime of Abbotsford—" Gude preserve us I this is a very superior occasion ! Eh, sirs!" he added, cocking his eye like a bird, " I wonder if... | |
 | Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 430 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...the circle round the fire until long after the usual bed-lime of Abbotsford — " Gude preserve us ! this is a very superior occasion !. Eh, sirs !" he... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 390 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...occasion! Eh, sirs!" he added, cocking his eye like a hird, " I wonder if Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw Ilk other up?" Since Ihave touched on the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 454 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ?" Since I have touched on the subject of Sir Walter's autumnal diversions in these his later years,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...fire until long after the usual bedtime of Abbotsford — " Glide preserve us ! this is a very superior occasion ! Eh. sirs!" he added, cocking his eye like... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 pages
...moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night, when then- " rapt talk" had kept the circle round the fire until...Gude preserve us ! this is a very superior occasion I Eh, sirs !" he added, cocking his eye like a bird, " I wonder if Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - Authors, Scottish - 1852 - 324 pages
...writings (except, indeed, the posthumous ' Consolations of Travel') could suggest an adequate notion. I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...wonder if Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk ither up ?' ' Besides such occasional divertisements, there were two annual frolics of great solemnity.... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - Authors, Scottish - 1852 - 336 pages
...writings (except, indeed, the posthumous ' Consolations of Travel') could suggest an adequate notion. I remember "William Laidlaw whispering to me, one...bird, ' I wonder if Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to iscrew ilk ither up ?' ' Besides such occasional divertisements, there were two annual frolics of great... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 pages
...some great didactic poem, the vigorous ratiocination of Dryden and the moral majesty of Wordsworth ? I remember William Laidlaw whispering to me, one night,...until long after the usual bedtime of Abbotsford—" Gudo preserve us I this is a very superior occasion.I Eh, sirs 1" he added, cocking his eye like a... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...last, Laidlaw broke out with — ' Gude preserve us ; this is a very superior occasion ! Eh, sirs ! I wonder if Shakspeare and Bacon ever met to screw ilk other up ! ' In 1826 occurred the crash of Scott's fortunes, through the failure of the houses of Constable... | |
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