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Narrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Begun by Himself and Continued by J.g. Lockhart. 2 Vols. [an Abridgment of the Memoirs].
Narrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott Bart Begun by Himself and Continued by Jg Lockhart 2 Vols - an Abridgment of the Memoirs Author:John Gibson Lockhart General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1848 Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.... more » When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Tour to the English Lakes -- Miss Carpenter -- Marriage -- Lass- wade Cottage -- Original Ballads -- Monk Lewis -- Goetz of Ber- lichingen -- John Leyden -- James Hogg -- James Ballantyne -- Sheriflship of Selkirk -- Publication of the Minstrelsy of the Border. 1797-1803. After the rising of the Court of Session in July 1797, Scott set out on a tour to the English lakes, accompanied by his brother John and Adam Fergusson. Their first stage was Halyards in Tweeddale, then inhabited by his friend's father, the philosopher and historian ; and they stayed there for a day or two, in the course of which he had his first and only interview with David Ritchie, the original of his Black Dwarf. Proceeding southwards, the tourists visited Carlisle, Penrith, -- the vale of the Eamont, including Mayburgh and Brougham Castle, -- Ulswater and Windermere ; and at length fixed their head-quarters at the then peaceful and sequestered little watering place of Gilsland, making excursions from thence to the various scenes of romantic interest which are commemorated in The Bridal of Triermain, and otherwise leading very much the sort of life depicted among the loungers of St Ronan's Well. Scott was, on his first arrival at Gilsland, not a little engaged with the beauty of one of the young ladies lodged under the same roof with him; and it was on occasion of a visit in her company to some part of the Roman Wall that he indited his lines -- " Take these flowers which,...« less