 | William Henry Hudson - 1901 - 334 стор.
...would hearken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm." We shall presently see that this enthusiastic language is justified by the part played by the Reliques... | |
 | 1901 - 544 стор.
...Percy's collection of old ballads that, as Lockhart relates, he said concerning the book: "The first time I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of the beloved volumes ; nor do I believe I ever read a book half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm."... | |
 | Thomas Finlayson Henderson - 1902 - 432 стор.
...would hearken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...ever read a book half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm.1 The depth of the impression thus produced was shown in more systematic zeal in the collection... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wade, Emma Sylvester - 1908 - 360 стор.
...would hearken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm." Scott's father was an attorney-at-law, and it was his ambition to have his son follow the legal profession.... | |
 | Harriet Eve Crandall - 1908 - 290 стор.
...recitations of the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, 1 bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes ; nor do I believe I ever read a book so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm. "Memoirs of My Early Life," Sir Walter Scott. I begged... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 стор.
...would hearken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, as worthy of record and of honor; and as we read we...so too. — BROOKS, PHILLIPS, 1880-94, Biography, SCOTT, SIR WALTER, 1808, Autobiography, Life by Lockhart, vol. I, eh. i. The late Bishop of Dromore,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1910 - 222 стор.
...would hearken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm." l During his stay at Kelso he attended the public school in order to keep fresh in his studies. Here... | |
 | Sir Harold Herbert Williams - 1911 - 364 стор.
...Scott when he was thirteen ; and, to continue the story in his own words : — "The first time too I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm." With the reading of the Reliques Scott's undying love of romance and antiquity came to conscious birth.... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - 1914 - 488 стор.
...would harken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop Percy. The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were...I became acquainted with the works of Richardson, . . . with Fielding, Smollett, and some others of our best novelists." When one reads of this early... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1914 - 284 стор.
...still entranced in my intellectual banquet. The first time I could scrape a few shillings together, I bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes; nor do I believe I ever read a book so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm." When Scott was fourteen years old, he entered the University... | |
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The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together, which were not common occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes ; nor do I believe I ever read a book half so frequently, or with half the enthusiasm. 
