 Scott as much as owned himself the Author of Waverley to me in Murray's shop. I was talking to him about that novel, and lamented that its author had not carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution —Scott, entirely off his guard, replied,...  WAVEERLEY NOVELS BORDER EDITION - Página xxxpor ANDREW LANG - 1892Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 páginas
...carried back the story nearer to the time of the Re" volution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Ay, I " might have done so, but ' There he stopped....relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at Murray's ; and " being in his parlour in the morning, he told... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 604 páginas
...the story nearer to the time of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Ay, I ought to have done so, but,' — there he stopped. It was in...relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. — He spoiled the fame of his poetry by his superior prose. He has such extent and versatility of... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 páginas
...carried back the " story nearer to the time of the Revo" lution. Scott, entirely off his guard, " said, ' Ay, I might have done so, but ' " — — There he...correct himself: he " looked confused, and relieved his em" barrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at " Murray's ; and being... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 páginas
...carried back the story nearer to the time of " the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, " said, ' Ay, I might have done so, but' " There he stopped: It was in vain to at" tempt to correct himself: he looked confused, " and relieved his embarrassment by a precipi" tate... | |
 | 1825 - 500 páginas
...carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution. Scott entirely off his guard, said, • Ay, I might have done so, but' There he stopped. It...relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat." The poet and the orator are seldom united in the same individual. Fox made some wretched verses, of... | |
 | Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825 - 234 páginas
...not carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, 'ay, I might have done so, but .' There he stopped....relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at Murray's, and being in his parlour in the morning, he told me... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 páginas
...carried back the story " nearer to the time of the Revolution. " Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Ay, " I might have done so, but' There he " stopped....looked confused, and " relieved his embarrassment by a preci" pitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at " Murray's ; and being in his parlour... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 238 páginas
...the time of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' ay, I might have done so, butThere he stopped. It was in vain to attempt to correct himself:...relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. " On another occasion I was to dine at Murray's, and being in his parlour in the morning, he told me... | |
 | 1825 - 418 páginas
...back the story nearer to the period of the Revolution. Scott, entirely off his guard, said, ' Aye, I might have done so, but .' There he stopped. It was in vain to attempt to recal his words : he looked confused, and relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat. At another... | |
 | 1829 - 576 páginas
...emharrassment hy a precipitate retreat.' " " I have," says Sir Walter, in his quiet and inimitahle way, " no recollection whatever of this scene taking place...should have thought that I was more likely to have latiphed than to appear confused." We have ¿aid that the fact of Sir Walter's heing the author of... | |
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