 tis no laughing matter; little by little, whatever your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain.  LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. - Side 71af REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN, DUNDEE - 1871Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1837 - 598 sider
...his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension: he exclaimed," No, no—'tis no laughing matter; little by little, whatever your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain." And so saying, he turned round to conceal... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 430 sider
...his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension: he exclaimed, " No, no—'tis no laughing matter; little by little, whatever your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain." And so saying, he turned round to conceal... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 348 sider
...his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension: he exclaimed, " No, no — 'tis no laughing matter ; little by little, whatever...your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain." And so saying, he turned round to conceal... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 354 sider
...his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension: he exclaimed, " No, no — 'tis no laughing matter ; little by little, whatever...your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain." And so saying, he turned round to conceal... | |
 | 1840 - 566 sider
...But his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension ; he exclaimed, 'no, no, 'tis no laughing matter ; little by little, whatever...your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain.' And so saying, he turned round to conceal... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 sider
...his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension : hie exclaimed, " No, no— tis no laughing matter : little by little, whatever your wishes may be. you wfll destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland shall remain." And so saying, he turned... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 sider
...his feelings had been moved to an extent far beyond their apprehension : he exclaimed, "No, no — 'tis no laughing matter; little by little, whatever...your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain.'' And so saying, he turned round to conceal... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1870 - 414 sider
...his life : he felt so himself very soon afterwards, and made in some measure the amende honorable in the well-known lines on Fox in Marmion. He was all...And ere he had read a line of it Constable offered looo guineas, — a sum then thought enormous, but which Scott instantly accepted, the more eagerly... | |
 | REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN - 1870 - 414 sider
...afterwards, and made in some measure the amende Iwnorablc in the well - known lines on Fox in Mann tan. He was all through the brief reign of the Whigs in...ere he had read a line of it Constable offered 1000 guineas,—a sum then thought enormous, but which Scott instantly accepted, the more eagerly as he... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton - 1878 - 202 sider
...speak playfully of its subject. But Scott was in no mood for playfulness. " No, no," he exclaimed, " 'tis no laughing matter ; little by little, whatever...your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine, until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland shall remain !" "And so saying," adds Mr. Lockhart, "... | |
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