 | Dawson, William, & Sons, of London - 1809 - 344 sider
...step in Scotland is historical; tie shades of the dead arise on every side ; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of...individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting an historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of Chivalry... | |
 | 1851 - 786 sider
...native legends with thy land, To give each scene the interest high, Whieh Genins lends to Beanty's eye." Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar mauner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters... | |
 | John Galt - 1850 - 442 sider
...shades of the dead arise on every side ; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a miter, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner...painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or diguined female characters in that land of chivalry and song." — Blackwood's Magazine, STUART.—AGRICULTURAL... | |
 | James Grant, Sir John HEPBURN - 1851 - 316 sider
...of history, but she has reversed the process — she has given to history the interest of romance lu the volume before us, Miss Strickland has not only...turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner h't her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in... | |
 | 1851 - 604 sider
...native legends with thy land, To give each scene the interest high Which Genius lends to Beauty's eye." Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of...female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once heroic and pictorial. She has the spirit of chivalry in her soul, and the... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 sider
...period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with »tlie sympathies of the present day. . . . Every one must...turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner flt her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in... | |
 | 1851 - 812 sider
...native legends with thy land, To give each scene the interest high, Which GenJus lends to Beauty's eye." Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of...illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of ehivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once heroic and pictorial. She has the spirit of chivalry... | |
 | 1851 - 856 sider
...Which Genius lends to Beauty 'e eye." Miss Strickland's talents ns a writer, and turn of mind as au individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting...female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once* heroic and pictorial. She has the spirit of chivalry in her soul, and the... | |
 | George Finlay - 1851 - 562 sider
...the shades of the dead arise on every side ; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents iia a writer, and turn of mind as an Individual, in a peculiar manner lit her for painting a historical gaJlery of the mobt ilhutrious or dignified female characters ID... | |
 | 1851 - 792 sider
...individnal, in a pecnliar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illnstrions or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once heroic and pictorial. Biograplty. 4» She has the spirit of chivalry in... | |
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Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most... 
