| 1851 - 902 sider
...quality, the poems ol" Scott sink like a driblet in the ocean. What are three clever metrical romances — the ' Lay of the Last Minstrel," ' Marmion,' and the ' Lady of the Lake ' (we drop at once the ' Lord of the Isles," and more reluctantly ' Rokeby,' from the list, because... | |
| 1852 - 354 sider
...Scotland share in the exultation of the publishers who have successively sent among them cheap editions of the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," " Marmion," and the " Lady of the Lake ;" that they can buy them at a lower price than if the great minstrel who produced them were still... | |
| Fulwar Craven Fowle - 1853 - 380 sider
...thence we changed to the light but elegant literature of the day, particularly to Scott's poems — " The Lay of the Last Minstrel" — "Marmion" — and "The Lady of the Lake" — in her admiration of which Mrs. Daubeny yielded nothing in romantic enthusiasm to Fanny or myself.... | |
| John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - 1866 - 508 sider
...Queen's Wake " has been very popular. In Scotland, as compared with other long poems, it ranks only below The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake. One of the poems in " The Queen's Wake," the most popular of the collection, and that by which Hogg... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1856 - 354 sider
...quality, the poems of Scott sink like a driblet in the ocean. What are three clever metrical romances — the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," " Marmion," and the "Lady of the Lake" (we drop at once the "Lord of the Isles," and more reluctantly "Rokeby," from the list, because confessedly... | |
| 1857 - 336 sider
...poetical productions. Certainly it at once presented the prominent traits of his character as a poet. " The Lay of the Last Minstrel," " Marmion," and the "Lady of the Lake," all won a speedy and wide popularity. There was an animation about them which gave to all readers delight... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1859 - 356 sider
...SCOTT,. ..(1771-1832)— a Scottish barrister — wrote ballads and poetical tales— chief poems, ' The Lay of the Last Minstrel,' 'Marmion,' and ' The Lady of the Lake' — more famous as the author of the Waverley Novels, founded chiefly on English and Scottish history.... | |
| Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 590 sider
...memory on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh. known by the collection entitled " Border Minstrelsy ; " and his " Lay of the Last Minstrel," " Marmion," and " The Lady of the Lake," established his fame as a poet of the first class. In 1 8 14 he began a series of historical romances... | |
| Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 sider
...poetical productions. Certainly it at once presented the prominent traits of his character as a poet. " The Lay of the Last Minstrel/' " Marmion," and the " Lady of the Lake/' all won a speedy and wide popularity. There-was an |tnimation %bout them which gave to all readers... | |
| Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1864 - 358 sider
...Scotland share in the exultation of the publishers who have successively sent among them cheap editions of the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," "Marmion," and the " Lady of the Lake ;" that they can buy them at a lower price than if the great minstrel who produced them were still... | |
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