Life of Sir Walter Scott

Charles Duke Yonge

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES THE GIFT OF "Great TKttrfters," EDITED I1V PROFESSOR ERIC S. M.A.ROBERTSON, LIFE OF SCOTT. « LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. BY CHARLES * • • * • • • I I . » • I .... • ' I • . • • • • • • • » ,injustice L. his exultation over Bur-38, ;39 surrender at of the Lake""Lady published,goyne's Saratoga, 39 48 " ac- of the Last Minstrel" an-Frere, H., Scott becomes LayJ. 20nounced,with, 46 19 ; published,quainted visits Scott atLeopold, Prince, Abbotsford, 143 G. Scott contributesLewis, "Monk," to his "Tales of his Fables Wonder," 17Gay, octosyllabic, 25 Prince of Wales andGeorge, afterwardsRegent, George IV., M.Scott to 60-62praises ;Byron, invites Scott to visits Scottdinner, Macdonald, Marshal,89; gives restores the informationScotland, 126, about127; Napoleon, ofthe Scotchrank,&c, Jacobite 163 " ''128nobles, Marmion com-127, published, 35 ; death with theGoethe, of, Iliad,178 pared 41 "" General, is offended metre in L' oc-Gourgaud, Milton, Allegro " in Scott's Life ofby passages tosyllabic, 25 visits Scott at Abbots-Napoleon," 170 Moore, T., SirGraham, Scott a ford,James, gives 144 to the Mediterranean Morritt of Scott's inti-passage Rokeby, in the Barham, 176 macy with, 46 Prince of conversa-Gustavus, Sweden, Murray reports Byron's visits Scott at tion with the Prince to 61Abbotsford, 143 Scott, INDEX.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELES
THE GIFT OF"Great TKttrfters,"
EDITED I1V
PROFESSOR ERIC S. M.A.ROBERTSON,
LIFE OF SCOTT.«LIFE
OF
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
BY
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGP
aDirth and of Scott he becomes lame; throughparentage
childish fever his fondness for old ballads and; early
his schoolfellows as a teller of;legends popularity among
stories becomes a law student translates;; Burger's
"" "and vonGoethe's GotzLeonora," Berlichingen ;
marries is Sheriff of Selkirkshire a
; ;appointed publishes
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collection of Border forms a connexion with
;Minstrelsy
"" of the Last MinstrelTheBallantyne ; publishes Lay ;
condition of in at the time . 1 1English poetry general
CHAPTER II.
Scott obtains the reversion ofa ofSessions fromClerkship ; legacy
an uncle devotes himself to literature edits
; ;exclusively
works becomes with Wordsworth
;Dryden's acquainted
and Wordsworth's of lives at
; ;Southey opinion Dryden
Ashestiel becomes ofthe volun-
; Quarter-master Edinburgh
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teers Marmion the epistles ; imputed
; ; introductory
examina-of Fox Scott's conduct ;
; forgivendisparagement
" . 28Marmion's" title to be called antion of poemepic
CHAPTER III.
" &c. establishment ofHe undertakes an edition of Swift," ;
The Review his aid of and other; Hogg, literaryQuarterly
of his circle his hishis ; ;; enjoyment family dogsaspirants
first visit to London makesas a his ;
;eagerness sportsman
makes an excur-with &c.Gifford, ;acquaintance Canning,
"The of thesion into the Lake";Highlands; Lady
metre tosuitableness of the; octosyllabicJeffrey's praise
narrative idea and visits Staffa ;
; ;poetry Byron's practice
" "" of the Isles attack on Mar-The Lord
; Byron'splans
" and Reviewers" Paro-mion" in Bards ScotchEnglish ;
"
. •dies Father Prout the Addresses"; ; 42Rejected
CHAPTER IV.
Purchase of Abbotsford with Scott; correspondence Byron;
" " "" Childe Harold his own comments; ;praises Rokeby
of his Moore'son the characteristics different ;poems jest-
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"The Bridal of Triermain publisheding description;
declines the of Poet Laureate
;anonymously ; appointment
of the character of"The Lord of the Isles" examination
;
as in the . . .Scott's 58genius displayed poems
CHAPTER V.
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aScott becomes novelist; Waverley anony.publishes
of the novels the of thethree classes ;
; designmously
a secondconstant of "Waverley";novels; popularity
. .to the Western 76Isles; "Guy Mannering"voyage