Old Edinburgh: Being an Account of the Ancient Capital of the Kingdom of Scotland, Including Its Streets, Houses, Notable Inhabitants, and Customs in the Olden Time, Volume 2L.C. Page & Company, 1908 - Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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Page 326 - AND NEVER LIKELY TO SEE THE LIGHT AGAIN TILL ALL THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURES ARE CRUMBLED TO DUST BY THE DECAY OF TIME, OR BY HUMAN OR ELEMENTAL VIOLENCE, MAY THEN TESTIFY TO A DISTANT POSTERITY THAT HIS COUNTRYMEN BEGAN ON THAT DAY TO RAISE AN EFFIGY AND ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., WHOSE ADMIRABLE WRITINGS WERE THEN ALLOWED TO HAVE GIVEN MORE DELIGHT AND SUGGESTED BETTER FEELING TO A LARGER CLASS OF READERS IN EVERY RANK OF SOCIETY THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER AUTHOR,...
Page 190 - But beyond these ordinary attractions, he had a sincere respect for drinking, indeed a high moral approbation, and a serious compassion for the poor wretches who could not indulge in it; with due contempt of those who could, but did not.
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