Sir Walter Scott

Back then, novels were less widely read than poetry by celebrity authors like Sir Walter Scott and Byron.

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The occupants would live and run a bed-and-breakfast in the old stone house circa 1700, Auld Haa Guest House, where Sir Walter Scott partied with his posse back in 1814.

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Her new home was infinitely pleasing to her because it formed such a beautiful framework for the romance of her soul, the surrounding woods, the waste land, and the proximity of the ocean recalling to her mind the novels of Sir Walter Scott, which she had been devouring for some months.

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Among the books that Clemens read, or tried to read, during his confinement were certain of the novels of Sir Walter Scott.

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With these words Sir Walter Scott, himself a great writer, began his life of John Dryden.

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At a more recent period, Sir Walter Scott found him occasional employment in transcribing manuscripts; and during the unhappy remainder of his life he had to struggle with many difficulties.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Campbell, as has already been observed, was educated at Glasgow, and received the honour of election as Lord Rector, three successive years, notwithstanding the opposition of the professors, and the excellent individuals who were placed against him; among whom were the late minister Canning, and Sir Walter Scott.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 407, December 24, 1829 Various

Pursuing his researches on the subject of Scottish song and ballad, he appeared in 1827 as the editor of an interesting quarto volume, entitled "Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern," -- a work which considerably extended his reputation, and secured him the friendly correspondence of Sir Walter Scott.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

He had varied but not very profound learning; was earnest, self-satisfied, overbearing in argument, or, as Sir Walter Scott styles it, _despotic_.

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"It is in the streets of Antwerp and Brussels," said Sir Walter Scott, "that the eye still rests upon the forms of architecture which appear in pictures of the Flemish school."

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