 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 416 Seiten
...compared to his Task and his Yardly-Oak. Adieu! LETTER LXI. REV. HF GARYLichfield, May 10, 1807. MORE immediately should I have noticed the kind contents...last, the poetically great Walter Scott came " like a sun- beam to my dwelling." 1 found him sturdily maintaining the necessity of limiting his inexpressibly... | |
 | 1811 - 600 Seiten
...does not wish to form some ideal image of the bodily presence in which it appears on the earth? ' More immediately should I have noticed the kind contents...interesting juncture. At two that day, Friday last, the pwtical'y ~rcat Walter Scott came " like a sun-beam to my dwelling." I found him sturdily maintaining... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...and his envy of superior writers." " More immediately should I have noticed the kind contents of youf letter, had it arrived at a less interesting juncture....At two that day, Friday last, the poetically great Pfalter Scott came, like a SUN BEAM, TO MY DWELLING ! I found him sturdily maintaining the necessity... | |
 | 1812 - 708 Seiten
...any alteration.' P. 359, vol. 6. This is strong language. Of Mr. Scott it is here said, ' at two, on Friday last, the poetically great Walter Scott came " like a sun-beam to my dwelling.1" We are told of him likewise ' that the sweetest emanations of temper and of heart play... | |
 | 1837 - 598 Seiten
...to compare it with other similar sketches of earlier and later date. " On Friday last," she says, " the poetically great Walter Scott came 'like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame in the... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 Seiten
...personal appearance, in May, 1807, Miss Seward gives this description : — "On Friday last," she says, "the poetically great Walter Scott came ' like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame in the... | |
 | 1837 - 594 Seiten
...personal appearance, at this period, is thus described by Miss Seward : " 'On Friday last,' she says, ' the poetically great Walter Scott came 'like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame in the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 Seiten
...to compare it with other similar sketches of earlier and later date. " On Friday last," she says, " the poetically great Walter Scott came ' like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame in the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 Seiten
...to compare it with other similar sketches of earlier and later date. " On Friday last," she says, " the poetically great Walter Scott came ' like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame in the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 Seiten
...work he did. At this time Miss Seward looked on his face at Lichfield. She thus describes 'him : "Ou Friday last the poetically great Walter Scott came 'like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame. Neither... | |
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the poetically great Walter Scott came 'like a sunbeam to my dwelling.' This proudest boast of the Caledonian muse is tall, and rather robust than slender, but lame in the same manner as Mr. Hayley, and in a greater measure. Neither the contour of his... 
