Album of Scottish Scenery : a Series of Views, Illustrating Several Places of Interest Mentioned in Sir W. Scott's Poems and Novels (1860)
Tillotson, John · London : T.J. Allman · leaf 119
entioned inthe same day. Ballantyne, in his Memorandum, has preserved an anecdoteillustrative of Scotts statement. I remember, he says, going into hisLibrary shortly after the publication of the Lady of the Lake, and findingMiss Scott—who was then a very pretty young girl—there by herself I… … MELROSE ABBEY. Earth walked on the Earth,Glistening like gold;Earth goes to EarthSooner than it wold; Earth buildeth on the Earth Palaces and towers;Earth saith to the Earth All shall be ours. The Abbey of Melrose stands on the banks of the Tweed, or rather a shortdistance from that noble river,…
Scotland · Scott, Sir Walter, Bart, 1771-1832 · Drawings, Scottish
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