 MOST readers," says the Manuscript of Mr Pattieson, " must have witnessed with delight the joyous burst which attends the dismissing of a villageschool on a fine summer evening. The buoyant spirit of childhood, repressed with so much difficulty during...  Waverley Novels ... - Strana 23podľa Walter Scott - 1841Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - Počet stránok 720
...Paterson, the ' Old Mortality ' of Sir Walter Scott, who was buried here February 1801. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil, Through Death's dim walks...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ?" — ED.] these mottoes in verse, there are in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, several... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - Počet stránok 416
...o'ergrown paths of time " Would thus the lettered sage explore, 58 THE FABLES OF FLORA. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil " Through death's dim walks...long-asserted spoil, " And lead OBLIVION into day? " Tis NATURE prompts, hy toil or fear " Unmoved, to range thro' death's domain: " The 'tender parent... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - Počet stránok 314
...explore, " With pain thefe crumhling ruins «limh, " And on the douhtfol fculpture pore ? " Why fecks he with unwearied toil, " Through Death's dim walks to urge his way, " Reclaim his long-aft'erted fpoil " 'Tis Nature prompts, hy toil or fear 'l Unmov'd, to range through Death's domain:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Počet stránok 666
...sage explore, With pain these crumbling ruins climb, And on the doubtful sculpture pore -. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day " 'Tis Nature prompts, by toil or fear Unmov'd, to range through death's domain ; The tender parent... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - Počet stránok 432
...admiration. ' Most readers,1 says the .manuscript of Mr. Pattieson, ' must have witnessed with deh'ght the joyous burst which ' attends the dismissing of a village-school on a fine summer ' evening. The buoyant spirit of childhood, repressed with ' so much difficulty during the tedious hours of discipline,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - Počet stránok 308
...explore, " With pain these cmmbh'ng ruins climb, " And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? " Why seeks he with unwearied toil " Through death's dim walks to urge his way, " Reclaim his long asserted spoil, " And lead oblivion into day ? " 'Tis nature prompts, by toil or fear " Unmov'd,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1816 - Počet stránok 354
...Edinburgh, Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. TALE II. OLD MORTALITY. CHAPTER I. Preliminary. Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to...dismissing of a village-school on a fine summer evening. The buoyant spirit of childhood, repressed with so much difficulty during the tedious hours of disci... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1817 - Počet stránok 354
...fine character. — JARVIS'S Translation. TALE II. OLD MORTALITY. CHAPTER I. Preliminary. Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to...long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? LANGHORNE. "'JVlosr readers,'' says the Manuscript of Mr Pattieson, " must have witnessed with delight the joyous... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - Počet stránok 228
...think, incur your blame for extracting a passage which excites, in my mind, unmingled admiration. " Most readers," says the manuscript of Mr. Pattieson,...dismissing of a village-school on a fine summer evening. The br.oyant spirit of childhood, repressed with so much difficulty during the tedious hours of discipline,... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - Počet stránok 340
...think, incur your blame for extracting a passage which excites, in my mind, unmingled admiration. ' Most readers,' says the manuscript of Mr. Pattieson,...the joyous ' burst which attends the dismissing of a village' school on a fine summer evening. The buoyant ' spirit of childhood, repressed with so much... | |
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