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...The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Black Dwarf ... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- tabl... ...ed, that Ithacus, the most wise of the Greeks, acquired his renown, as the Roman poet hath assured us, by visiting states and men, I reply to the Zoil... ...f completing the ruin of her body and soul by a lit- eral obedience to her orders. It is said, that when she per- ceived and felt the transformation w... ... young mistresses. As soon as Earnscliff had been duly welcomed, and hasty orders issued for some addition to the evening meal, his grand-dame and sis... ... the coarse, rough-hewn stamp, with which a painter would equip a giant in romance; to which was added the wild, ir- regular, and peculiar expression,... ...omance, to fill up the alternative.” “And what if he threatened you with a catholic aunt, an abbess, and a cloister?” “Then,” said Miss Ilderton, “I w... ...t the bottom o’ the haill villainy! Ye see he’s leagued wi’ the Cumberland Catholics; and that agrees weel wi’ what Elshie hinted about Westburnflat, ... ...e cem- etery of the family of the feudal lords, as well as formerly of the monastic brethren. But it looked doubly gloomy by the effect of the few and...

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Excerpt: Waverley or ?Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott.

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...WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Waverley or ‘Tis... ...he had heard in the servants’ hall? Again, had my title borne ‘Waverley, a Romance from the German,’ what head so obtuse as not to image forth a profl... ...te knowledge of the particular ingredients necessary to the composition of romances and novels of various descrip- tions: but it is enough, and I scor... ...ntinued plashing of the fountain; and the whole scene still maintained the monastic illusion which the fancy of Waverley had conjured up.—And here we ... ...sing Miss Rose’s flower-bed, that he might be near to receive his honour’s orders, if need were: he was very fond of a garden, but had little time for... ...oubleit used jocosely to call it Ursa Major), and was supposed, in old and Catholic times, to be invested with certain properties of a mystical and su... ...st; but Rose observed he had walked out early in the morning, after giving orders that his guest should not be disturbed. Waverley sat down almost in ... ...ion, perhaps,’ said Fergus, ‘may make obstacles, though we are not bigoted Catholics.’ ‘My grandmother was of the Church of Rome, and her religion was... ...t in exercitu germanici patris sui. And the caligæ were also proper to the monastic bodies; for we read in an ancient Glossarium, upon the rule of St....

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...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the ma...

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...Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Guy Mannering by... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ... Mannering by Sir Walter Scott INTRODUCTION TO GUY MANNERING. THE NOVEL OR ROMANCE of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first,... ... over the general mind sufficient even to con- stitute the mainspring of a romance. Besides, it occurred, that to do justice to such a subject would h... ... sister coun- try. He had visited, on the day that opens our history, some monastic ruins in the county of Dumfries, and spent much of the day in maki... ...omas Kittlecourt’s uncle—and how they brought hame relics, like those that Catholics have, and a flag that’s up yonder in the garret—if they had been ... ...cottages, and the broken wood and thatch which had been pulled down by his orders. At that moment the prophecy, or anathema, of Meg Merrilies fell hea... ...hey almost quarrelled about me. My uncle, the bishop, would have had me in orders, and offered me a liv- ing—my uncle, the merchant, would have put me... ...to speed the passage of a parting spirit, like the tolling, of the bell in catholic days. 186 Guy Mannering She accompanied this dismal sound with a ...

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...wever, pretend to have approached the task with the same feelings; for the candid Robertson himself confesses having felt the prejudices with which a Scottishman is tempted to regard the subject; and what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a prejudice, almost as natural to him as his native air, will not be f...

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...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...mpted to regard the subject; and what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a prejudice,... ...e pas- sage, the reader will find the authority I had for the story of the romance:— 4 Kenilworth “At the west end of the church are the ruins of a m... ...h wall surrounding the demesne, thus giving it a melancholy, secluded, and monastic appear- ance. The entrance to the park lay through an old-fashione... ... a collation in my bower this afternoon; and you, too, Master Foster. Give orders that all is fitting, and that suitable preparations be made for my l... ...f in time. She would not hide her splendour in this dark lantern of an old monastic house, but would fain shine a countess amongst countesses.” 61 Si... ...ou dost it as if it flowed from thine own natural doggedness, and not from orders, and so my lord escapes the scandal.—But, hark— some one knocks at t... ... “is it fit for a heretic horse-boy like thee to handle such a text as the Catholic clergy?” “In troth no, dame,” replied the man of oats; “and as you...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- tabl... ... wide- branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march of the Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick 6 Ivanhoe carpet of ... ...of this personage resembled that of his com- panion in shape, being a long monastic mantle; but the colour, being scarlet, showed that he did not belo... ...r, being scarlet, showed that he did not belong to any of the four regular orders of monks. On the right shoulder of the mantle there was cut, in whit... ...ace of harbourage in the vicinity; so much were they surprised at the half monastic, half military appearance of the swarthy stranger, and at the unco... ...pon the appointed morning to the place of combat. The scene was singularly romantic. On the verge of a wood, which approached to within a mile of the ... ...he shield of the antagonist to whom he wished to oppose himself. The lower orders of spectators in general— nay, many of the higher class, and it is e... ... darting its rays through a bower of jessamine. But Ivanhoe was too good a Catholic to retain the same class of feelings towards a Jewess. 258 Ivanho... ...mples of atrocity. Every reader must recollect, that after the fall of the Catholic Church, and the Presbyterian Church Government had been establishe...