Domestic Manners And Private Life of Sir Walter Scott
The book Domestic Manners And Private Life of Sir Walter Scott was written by author Hogg, James, 1770-1835 Here you can read free online of Domestic Manners And Private Life of Sir Walter Scott book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Domestic Manners And Private Life of Sir Walter Scott a good or bad book?
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Sir Walter was rather vain of his early productions, and liked to make them the subject of con- versation. He recited Glenfinlas one day to me on horseback, long before its publica- tion. He read me also the Lay of the Last Ministrel, from manuscript ; at least, he and William Erskine, (Lord Kineder, ) and James Ballantyne, read it, canto about. He always preferred their readings to his own. Not so with me. I could always take both the poetry and the story along with me better from his reading ...than any other body's whatsoever. Even with his deep-toned bass voice, and his Berwick burr, he was a far better reader than he was sensible of Every thing that he read was like his discourse, it always made an im- 48 DOMESTIC MANNERS OF prcssion. He likewise read me Marmion before it was published, but I think it was then in the press, for a part of it, at least, was read from proof slips and sheets, with correc- tions on the margin. The Marmion manu- script was a great curiosity. I wonder what became of it.
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