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Search - The Fortunes Of Nigel - Vol I

The Fortunes Of Nigel Vol I
Author: Sir Walter Scott

THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL. Knifegrinder. Story Lord bless you I have none to tell, sir POETRY OF THE ANTJJACOBIN. VOL. XXVI, INTRODUCTION FORTUNES OF NIGEL. But why should lordlings all our praise engross Rise, honest man, and sing the Alan of Ross. POPE. HAVING, in the tale of the Heart of Mid-Lo thian, succeeded in some degree in awakening an inte... more »rest in behalf of one devoid of those accomplishments which belong to a, heroine almost by right, I was next tempted to choose a hero upon the same unpromising plan and as worth of character, goodness of heart, and rectitude of principle, were necessary to one who laid no claim to high birth, romantic sen sibility, or any of the usual accomplishments of those who strut through the pages of this sort of composition, I made free with the name of a person who has left the most magnificent IV INTRODUCTION TO proofs of his benevolence and charity that the capital of Scotland has to display. To the Scottish reader little more need be said than that the man alluded to is George Heriot. But for those south of the Tweed, it may be necessary to add, that the person so named was a wealthy citizen of Edinburgh, and the Kings goldsmith, who followed James to the English capital, and was so successful in his profession, as to die, in 1624, extremely wealthy for that period. He had no children and after making a full provision for such re lations as might have claims upon him, he left the residue of his fortune to establish an hos pital, in which the sons of Edinburgh freemen are gratuitously brought up and educated for the station to which their talents may recom mend them, and are finally enabled to enter life under respectable auspices. The Hospital In which this charity is maintained is a noble quadrangle of the Gothic order, and as orna mental to the city as a building, as the manner in which the youths are provided for and edu cated, renders it useful to the community as an institution. To the honour of those who have the management, the Magistrates and Clergy of Edinburgh, the funds of the Hospi THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL. V tal have increased so much under their care, that it now supports and educates one hundred and thirty youths annually, many of whom have done honour to their country in different situations. The founder of such a charity as this may be reasonably supposed to have walked through life with a steady pace, and an observant eye, neglecting no opportunity of assisting those who were not possessed of the experience necessary for their own guidance. In sup posing his efforts directed to the benefit of a young nobleman, misguided by the aristocratic haughtiness of his own time, and the prevail ing tone of selfish luxury which seems more peculiar to ours, as well as the seductions of pleasure which are predominant in all, some amusement, or even some advantage, might, I thought, be derived from the manner in which I might bring the exertions of this civic Meritor to bear in his pupils behalf. I am, I own, no great believer in the moral utility to be derived from fictitious compositions yet, if in any case a word spoken in season may be of advantage to a young person, it must surely be when it calls upon him to attend to the voice of principle and self-denial, instead of VI INTRODUCTION TO that of precipitate passion. I could not, in deed, hope or expect to represent my prudent and benevolent citizen in a point of view so interesting as that of the peasant girl, who nohly sacrificed her family affections to the integrity of her moral character. Still, how ever, something I hoped might be done not altogether unworthy the fame which George Heriot has secured by the lasting benefits he has bestowed on his country...

ISBN-13: 9781406706277
ISBN-10: 1406706272
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 412
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Publisher: Abhedananda Press
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