...Huntsman," appeared in 1796. We have no need to mention all his works by name,—" The Waverly Novels," "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," "Marmion," and "The Lady of the Lake," are among those most widely read. Notes.—Sir William Wallace, the champion of Scottish liberty, .was...

...Huntsman," appeared in 1796. We have no need to mention all his works by name,—" The Waverly Kovels," "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," "Marmion," and "The Lady of the Lake," are among those most widely read. Notes. — Sir William Wallace, the champion of Scottish liberty,...

...(1771—1832), poet and novelist of the Romantic period i2 English literature. His greatest poems, tin; " Lay of the Last Minstrel, " "Marmion " and the " Lady of the Lake," appeared between 1805 unj 1814. The popularity of his verse then declining, he entered upon a new career,...

...convenient to hold, and an ornament to the library shelves. READY AND IN PREPARATION. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S "LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL," "MARMION," and "THE LADY OF THE LAKE." The three poems in one volgme. " There are no books for boys like these poems by Sir Walter Scott....

...translations from the German, and imitations of the old national ballads. Scott's three great poems are the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," " Marmion," and " The Lady of the Lake." In 1814, Scott issued " Waverley," the first novel of the series which bears its name. More than twenty...

...striking incident and vivid detail. The greatest of these poems are unquestionably the three first — the Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and the Lady of the Lake. According to Scott's own judgment, the interest of the Lay depends mainly upon the style, that of Marmion...

...valleys served to enkindle and afterwards to foster his own inspiration. In his three great poems, " The Lay of the Last Minstrel," " Marmion," and " The Lady of the Lake," Scott has blended loyalty with patriotism, chivalry with virtue, and to every scene and landscape which...

...convenient to hold, and an ornament to the library shelves. READY AND IN PREPARATION. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S "LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL," "MARMION," and "THE LADY OF THE LAKE." The three poems in one volume. " There are no books for boys like these poems by Sir Walter Scott....

...as popularity is concerned, at once distanced by his younger competitors. Scott, on his publishing "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," "Marmion," and "The Lady of the Lake," was given,' by common consent, the place of first among English poets. Byron easily displaced Scott...

...show themselves in the romantic poems which he began to publish in 1805. Scott's three great poems are "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," "Marmion," and "The Lady of the Lake." The first of these illustrates "the customs and manners which anciently prevailed on the borders of...