| John Uri Lloyd - 1896 - 416 страници
...related by Scott, affords a good illustration of this principle : "'Not long after the death of an illustrious poet, who had filled, while living, a great station in the eyes of the public, a literary friend, to whom the deceased had been well known, was engaged during... | |
| Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott - 1897 - 386 страници
...moment imagine a figure of Lord Byron standing in the same hall. We quote Sir Walter's words — " Not long after the death of a late illustrious poet...evening in perusing one of the publications which professed to detail the habits and opinions of the distinguished individual who was now no more. As... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1901 - 572 страници
...made him for a moment imagine a figure of Lord Byron standing in the same hall. 1 The discoverers of 1 "Not long after the death of a late illustrious poet,...autumn evening, in perusing one of the publications the little phantasmagoria which I have just described called to him to come and see their ghost. Whether... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1902 - 586 страници
...him for a moment imagine a figure of Lord Byron standing in the same hall.1 The discoverers of 1 " Not long after the death of a late illustrious poet,...known, was engaged, during the darkening twilight of an nutnmn evening, in perusing one uf the publications the little phantasmagoria which I have just described... | |
| John U. Lloyd - 1966 - 412 страници
...related by Scott, affords a good illustration of this principle : " ' Not long after the death of an illustrious poet, who had filled, while living, a great station in the eyes of the public, a literary friend, to whom the deceased had been well known, was engaged during... | |
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