Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Listing for Reader: Walter Scott

 

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1800-1849'By the way did you know Miss Austen Authoress of some novels which have a great deal of nature in them - nature in or...Sir Walter Scott Jane Austen[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'Also read again and for the third time at least Miss Austen's very finely written novel of "Pride and Prejudice". Th...Sir Walter Scott Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849'The women do this better - Edgeworth, Ferrier, Austen have all had their portraits of real society, far superior to a...Sir Walter Scott Maria Edgeworth[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'The women do this better - Edgeworth, Ferrier, Austen have all had their portraits of real society, far superior to a...Sir Walter Scott Susan Ferrier[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'I allude to my old friend, and your acquaintance, the Ettrick Shepherd (for I will not mention him by the unpoetical ...Walter Scott James Hogg[ballads]Unknown
1800-1849'Many of my friends are of the same opinion with you at least with regard to the tales of the Spy. Mr Walr. Scott says...Walter Scott James Hogg[Tales published in the Spy]Print: Serial / periodical
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'[your letter] has gratified a wish of more than twenty years standing. It is I think fully that time since I was for ...Walter Scott George CrabbeVillage, ThePrint: Book
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'[your letter] has gratified a wish of more than twenty years standing. It is I think fully that time since I was for ...Walter Scott George CrabbeLibrary, ThePrint: Book
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'[your letter] has gratified a wish of more than twenty years standing. It is I think fully that time since I was for ...Walter Scott Dodsley[Annual Register - extract of Crabbe's 'The Library']Print: Serial / periodical
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'[your letter] has gratified a wish of more than twenty years standing. It is I think fully that time since I was for ...Walter Scott Dodsley[Annual Register - extract of Crabbe's 'The Village']Print: Serial / periodical
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'[your letter] has gratified a wish of more than twenty years standing. It is I think fully that time since I was for ...Walter Scott George CrabbePatron, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'To my Gothic ear, indeed the "Stabat Mater", the "Dies Irae", and some of the other hymns of the Catholic Church are ...Walter Scott George Buchanan[Latin poems and hymns]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'[Crabbe had sent Scott, who already had one, a set of his works - he explained later that he'd intended it for Mrs Sc...Walter Scott George Crabbe[Works]Print: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Wilson Croker, 26 March 1826: 'I enclose a letter for your funny namesake and kinsman, whose w...Walter Scott T. Crofton CrokerFairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (vol. 1)Print: Book
1700-1799Walter Scott to John Wilson Croker, 30 January 1829: 'I [...] rejoice to learn from yourself that you are seriously...Walter Scott Justinian 'Institutes and Pandects'Print: Book
1800-1849'He has infinite wit and a great turn for antiquarian lore as the publications of Kirkton etc. bear witness.'Walter Scott James KirktonSecret and True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678Print: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott quotes four lines from 'My Jo Janet' in Allan Ramsay's 'Tea-Table Miscellany'.Walter Scott Allan RamsayTea-Table Miscellany: My Jo JanetUnknown
1800-1849Walter Scott quotes two lines from 'The Vocal Miscellany': 'Come, come my Hearts of Gold' (163) and ' Every man take a...Walter Scott The Vocal MiscellanyUnknown
1800-1849Walter Scott adapts one line from Henry Fielding's 'Tom Thumb the Great'.Walter Scott Henry FieldingTom Thumb the GreatUnknown
1800-1849'Read Jeffrey's neat and well intended address to the Mechanics upon their combinations.'Walter Scott Francis JeffreyEdinburgh Review: Combinations of Workmen
1800-1849'Byron's example has formed a sort of Upper House of poetry. There is Lord Leveson Gower a very clever young man. Lo...Walter Scott William ShakespeareCymbelineUnknown
1800-1849'There are besides, Sir Adam Fergusson, Colin Mackenzie, James Hope, Dr. James Buchan, Claud Russell, and perhaps two ...Walter Scott Virgil AeneidUnknown
1800-1849'I should be sorry the saying were verified in him So wise and young they say never live long.'Walter Scott William ShakespeareRichard IIIUnknown
1800-1849'Never was there such a representative of Wall in Pyramus and Thisbe.'Walter Scott William ShakespeareMidsummer Night's DreamUnknown
1800-1849'Three days ago I would have been contented to buy this consola as Judy says, dearer than by a dozen falls in the mud ...Walter Scott William ShakespeareJulius CaesarUnknown
1800-1849'Just as this is written enter my Lord of St Albans and Lady Charlotte to beg I recommend a book of sermons to Mrs. Co...Walter Scott John LoganSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849Which resolutions with health and my habits of indutry will make me 'Sleep in spite of thunder'.Walter Scott William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1800-1849'Yesterday I had a letter from Murray in answer to one I had written in something of a determined stile for I had no i...Walter Scott John MurrayLetterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I begin to find like Joseph Surface that too good a character is inconvenient.'Walter Scott Richard Brinsley SheridanSchool for ScandalUnknown
1800-1849'I don't know what I have done to gain so much credit for generosity but I suspect I owe it to being supposed, as Puff...Walter Scott Richard Brinsley SheridanThe CriticUnknown
1800-1849A letter from Southey, malcontent about Murray having accomplished the change in the Quarterly without speaking to him...Walter Scott Robert SoutheyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Sunday, 20 November 1825 (first entry): 'I have all my life regretted that I did not keep a regular [journal] [...]...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronmemorandaManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Thursday, 8 December 1825: 'Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since [...] succeed...Walter Scott William KnoxThe Lonely HearthUnknown
1800-1849Thursday, 8 December 1825: 'Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since [...] succeed...Walter Scott William Knox'Spiritual hymns'Unknown
1800-1849Friday, 9 December 1825: 'The gay world has been kept in hot water lately by the impudent publication of the celebr...Walter Scott Harriet WilsonMemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 12 February 1826; 'Read a few pages of Will d'Avenant who was fond of having it supposed that Shakespeare ...Walter Scott William DavenantPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 19 February 1826; 'Being troubled with thick-coming fancies and a slight palpitation of the heart I have be...Walter Scott G. ChastellainVie de Jacques de LalainePrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 23 February 1826: 'Read a little volume called the OMEN very well written, deep and powerfull language [....Walter Scott John GaltThe OmenPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 2 March 1826: 'Slept indifferently and dreamd of Napoleon's last moments and last illness of which I was ...Walter Scott Dr ArnottAn Account of the Last Illness, Decease, etc. of Napoleon BonapartePrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 8 March 1826: 'Being jaded and sleepy I took up Le Duc de Guise en Naples. I think this, with the old Me...Walter Scott M. De PastoretLe Duc de Guise a Naples etc. en 1647 et 1648Print: Book
1800-1849Friday, 10 March 1826: 'Breakfasted with me Mr. Francks [...] and Captain Longmore of the Royal Staff. He has writt...Walter Scott Captain George LongmoreTales of Chivalry and RomancePrint: Book
1800-1849Friday, 10 March 1826: '[Henry Weber] was a man of very superior attainments, an excellent linguist and geographer ...Walter Scott Henry WeberMetrical RomancesPrint: Book
1800-1849Friday, 10 March 1826: '[Henry Weber] was a man of very superior attainments, an excellent linguist and geographer ...Walter Scott RitsonAncient English Metrical RomancesPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 14 March 1826: 'I have amused myself occasionally very pleasantly during the few last days by reading over...Walter Scott Sydney Owenson, Lady MorganO'DonnelPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 14 March 1826: 'I have amused myself occasionally very pleasantly during the few last days by reading over...Walter Scott Jane AustenPride and PrejudicePrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 16 March 1826: 'In the evening after dinner read Mrs. Charlotte Smith's novel Desmond, decidedly the wors...Walter Scott Charlotte SmithDesmondPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 28 March 1826: 'Reading at intervals a novel called Grandby [sic] one of that very difficult class which a...Walter Scott T. H. ListerGranbyPrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 5 April 1826: 'Read Clapperton's journey and Denman's [sic] into Bornou -- very entertaining and less ...Walter Scott Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and Doctor OudneyNarrative of Travels in Northern and Central Africa in 1822, 1823, and 1834 [sic in source]Print: Book
1800-1849Sunday 9 April 1826: 'Lockhart's Review -- Don't like his article on Sheridan's Life. There is no breadth in it, no...Walter Scott J. G. Lockhartreview of Thomas Moore, Life of SheridanPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Sunday, 16 July 1826: 'Very unsatisfactory to-day. Sleepy, stupid, indolent -- finished arranging the books and aft...Walter Scott 'The murder of [William] Weare by Thurtell and Co. at Gill's-Hill, in Hertfordshire'Print: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 1 August 1826: 'Yesterday evening [...] I took to arranging the old plays of which Terry had brought me ab...Walter Scott MiddletonMichaelmas TermPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 1 August 1826: 'Yesterday evening [...] I took to arranging the old plays of which Terry had brought me ab...Walter Scott Wentworth SmithThe Hector of Germany, or The PalsgravePrint: Book
1800-1849'Scott admired [George Ellis's] Specimens of the Early English Poets and Specimens of Early English Romances, and th...Walter Scott George EllisSpecimens of the Early English PoetsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Scott admired [George Ellis's] Specimens of the Early English Poets and Specimens of Early English Romances, and th...Walter Scott George EllisSpecimens of Early English RomancesPrint: Book
1800-1849'[J. G.] Lockhart says that [Scott] used to read aloud from Emma and Northanger Abbey to the family circle.'Walter Scott Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'[J. G.] Lockhart says that [Scott] used to read aloud from Emma and Northanger Abbey to the family circle.'Walter Scott Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 17 October 1826: 'Read over Sir John Chiverton and Brambletye House, novels in what I may surely claim as ...Walter Scott Harrison AinsworthSir John ChivertonPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 17 October 1826: 'Read over Sir John Chiverton and Brambletye House, novels in what I may surely claim as ...Walter Scott John SmithBrambletye HousePrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 19 October 1826: 'I rose at my usual time [7 am] but could not write so read Southey['s] History of the P...Walter Scott Robert SoutheyHistory of the Peninsular WarPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 4 January 1827: 'After tea I broke off work and read my young folks the farce of The Critic and "merry fo...Walter Scott R. B. SheridanThe CriticPrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 6 January 1827: 'In the evening read Foote's farce of the Commissary, said to have been levelled at Sir L...Walter Scott FooteThe CommissaryPrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 17 January 1827: 'I observed in the papers my old friend Gifford's funeral. He was a man of rare attainm...Walter Scott report of funeral of William GiffordPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Wednesday, 17 January 1827: 'I observed in the papers my old friend Gifford's funeral. He was a man of rare attainm...Walter Scott William Giffordtranslation of JuvenalPrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 17 January 1827: 'I observed in the papers my old friend Gifford's funeral. He was a man of rare attainm...Walter Scott William GiffordThe Baviad Print: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 17 January 1827: 'I observed in the papers my old friend Gifford's funeral. He was a man of rare attainm...Walter Scott William GiffordThe MaeviadPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 23 January 1827: 'Betwixt dinner and tea while husbanding a tumbler of whisky and water I read the new nov...Walter Scott Christian Isobel JohnsonElizabeth de BrucePrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 27 January 1827: 'Read Elizth. de Bruce -- it is very clever but does not show much originality: the char...Walter Scott Christian Isobel JohnsonElizabeth de BrucePrint: Book
1800-1849'An excellent plot, excellent friends, and full of preparations'. Footnote: An allusion to Hotspur's plot in I Henr...Walter Scott William ShakespeareHenry IVUnknown
1800-1849'I am come to the time when those who look out at the windows shall be darkend.'Walter Scott Bible: EcclesiastesUnknown
1800-1849Saturday, 10 February 1827: 'I got a present of Lord Frederick Leveson Gower's printed but unpublishd "Tale of the ...Walter Scott Lord Frederick Leveson GowerTale of the MillPrint: Unknown
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Thursday, 1 March 1827: 'By the bye it is the anniversary of Bosworth field. In former days Richd. IIId. was always...Walter Scott Horace WalpoleHistoric Doubts on Richard IIIPrint: Book
1800-1849'Seams will slit and elbows will out quoth the tailor - and as I was fifty four on 15 August last my mortal vestments...Walter Scott Samuel FooteThe Maid of BathUnknown
1800-1849Saturday, 10 March 1827: 'About three o'clock I got to a meeting of the Bannatyne club [...] Thomson is superintend...Walter Scott Sir James MelvilleMemoirsUnknown
1800-1849Monday, 12 March 1827: 'I have been trying to read a new novel which I have heard praised. It is calld Almacks an[d...Walter Scott AlmacksPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 22 April 1827: 'Wrought [i.e. worked] in the afternoon and tried to read De Vere, a sensible but heavy book...Walter Scott Robert WardDe VerePrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 13 May 1827: 'Spent the day, which was delightful, wandering from place to place in the woods, sometimes re...Walter Scott Captain Thomas HamiltonThe Youth and Manhood of Cyril ThorntonPrint: Book
1800-1849Friday, 8 June 1827: 'I was fatigued and sleepy when I go[t] home [from business meetings] and nodded, I think, ove...Walter Scott Sir James MelvilleMemoirsUnknown
1800-1849Monday, 11 June 1827: 'The attendance on the committee and afterwards the Gnl meeting of the Oil Gas Company took u...Walter Scott Benjamin DisraeliVivian GreyPrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 4 July 1827: 'Read De Vere the rest. It is well written in point of language and sentiment but has too l...Walter Scott Robert WardDe VerePrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 1 August 1827: 'Smoked a cigar after dinner, laughd with my daughters and read them the review of Hoffma...Walter Scott Walter Scottarticle on E. T. W. HoffmannPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Friday, 3 August 1827: 'Huntley Gordon lent me a volume of his father's Manuscript Memoirs. They are not without in...Walter Scott Pryce GordonMemoirsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Friday, 14 September 1827: 'Read a Refutation as it calls itself of Napoleon's history. It is so very polite and ac...Walter Scott 'Refutation' of Walter Scott's Life of NapoleonPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 18 September 1827: 'Whiled away the evening over one of Miss Austen's Novels; there is a truth of painting...Walter Scott Jane AustenPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 27 September 1827: 'We dined at Gattonside with Mr. Bembridge who kindly presented me with 6 bottles of s...Walter Scott Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Some months since I joined with other literary folks in subscribing a petition for a pension to Mrs. G- of L-n which ...Walter Scott Anne GrantMemoirs of a Highland LadyPrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 14 November 1827: 'Read the Gazette of the great battle of Navarrino in which we have thumped the Turks ...Walter Scott GazettePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Thursday, 15 November 1827: 'Met with Chambers and complimented him about his making a clever book of the 1745 for ...Walter Scott Robert ChambersHistory of the Rebellion 1745-6Print: Book
1800-1849Monday, 14 January 1828: 'I read Cooper's new novel work, the Red Rover; the current of the [novel] rolls entirely ...Walter Scott CooperRed RoverPrint: Book
1800-1849Monday, 28 January 1828: 'I have read Cooper's Prairie, better I think than his Red Rover in which you never got fo...Walter Scott James Fenimore CooperPrairiePrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday 21 February 1828: 'Last night after dinner I rested from my work and read third part of Sayings and Doings...Walter Scott Theodore HookSayings and Doings (third series)Print: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 23 February 1828: 'I saw at the printing office [Ballantyne's] a part of a review on Leigh Hunt's Anecdot...Walter Scott Wilsonreview of Leigh Hunt, Anecdotes of ByronUnknown
1800-1849Thursday, 13 March 1828: 'I found that like the foolish virgins the servants had omitted to get oil for my lamp so ...Walter Scott Gerald GriffinTales of the Munster FestivalsPrint: Book
1800-1849Friday, 28 March 1828: 'Read Tales of an Antiquary, one of the chime of bells which I have some hand in setting a r...Walter Scott James ThomsonTales of an AntiquaryPrint: Book
1800-1849Monday, 26 May 1828: 'I walkd down to call with [Samuel] Rogers on Mrs. D'Arblay. She shewd me some notes which she...Walter Scott Frances Burneynotes 'about her novels'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Thursday, 29 May 1828: 'I have amused myself to-day with reading Lockhart's Life of Burns which is very well writte...Walter Scott LockhartLife of BurnsPrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 31 May 1828: 'I have finishd Napier's War in the Peninsula. It is written in the spirit of a Liberal but ...Walter Scott Colonel W. F. P. NapierHistory of War in the Peninsula (vol. 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 1 June 1828: 'We reachd Carlisle at seven o' clock and were housed for the night. My books being exhausted ...Walter Scott The Gentleman's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Tuesday, 3 June 1828: 'I smoked a segar, slept away an hour and read Mure of Auchendrayne's trial and thus ended th...Walter Scott Scotch Trials, containing Trial of Thomas Muir, Esq. etc.Print: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 4 June 1828: 'Started [for Edinburgh] at half past four and arrived at home if we must call it so at nin...Walter Scott Scotch Trials, containing Trial of Thomas Muir, Esq. etc.Print: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 23 January 1829: 'Mr. Bell sends me a spec[i]ment [sic] of a Historical novel but he goes not the way to...Walter Scott Bell'specimen of a historical novel'Unknown
1800-1849Saturday, 31 January 1829: 'Lookd over Cumnor Hall by Mr. Usher Tighe of Oxford.'Walter Scott H. U. TigheHistorical Account of Cumnor ... illustrative of the Romance of KenilworthPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 10 February 1829: 'I read over Henry's History of Henry VI and Edward IV. He is but a stupid historian aft...Walter Scott The Revd. Dr. R. HenryHistory of Great Britain; from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of Henry VIIIPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 15 February 1829: 'I wrought [i.e. worked at writing] to day but not much -- rather dawdled and took to rea...Walter Scott Robert ChambersPicture of ScotlandPrint: Book
1800-1849Friday, 20 February 1829: 'I glanced over some romances metrical publishd by Hartshorne several of which have not s...Walter Scott The Revd. C. H. HartshorneAncient Metrical TalesPrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 28 February 1829: 'Read part of a curious work calld Memoirs of Vidocque, a fellow who was at the head of...Walter Scott Memoires de Vidocque, Chef de la Police de Surete jusqu'en 1827Print: Book
1800-1849'Now hating to deal with ladies when they are in an unreasonable humour I have got the goodhumoured Man of Feeling to ...Walter Scott Henry MackenzieThe Man of FeelingPrint: Book
1800-1849'Colonel R. told me that the European government had discoverd an ingenious mode of diminishing the number of burnings...Walter Scott T.R. MalthusPrinciple of Population
1800-1849Sunday, 1 March 1829: 'I labourd heard [i.e. 'hard'?] the whole day and between hands refreshd myself with Vidocque...Walter Scott VidocqueMemoires de Vidocque, Chef de la Police de Surete jusqu'en 1827Print: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 12 March 1829: 'I read Reginald Heber's journal after dinner. I spent some merry days with him at Oxford...Walter Scott Reginald HeberNarrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of IndiaPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 5 April 1829: 'Read prayers to what remains of our [house] party, being Anne [daughter], my niece Anne, the...Walter Scott PrayersPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 9 April 1829: 'I got a book from the Duke de Leviz, the same gentleman with whom I had an awkward meeting...Walter Scott Duke de LevizThe Carbonaro, A Piedmontese TalePrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 26 April 1829: 'Looking for something I fell in with the Little drama long amissing calld the Doom of Devor...Walter Scott Walter ScottThe Doom of DevorgoilManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Wednesday, 10 June 1829: 'I have been reading over the Five Days of St. Albans [sic], very much [quotes Lucretius, ...Walter Scott William MudfordThe Five Nights of St AlbansPrint: Book
1800-1849Friday, 12 June 1829: 'After dinner I wrote to Walter, Charles, Lockhart and John Murray and took a screed of my no...Walter Scott William MudfordThe Five Nights of St AlbansPrint: Book
1800-1849Monday, 15 June 1829: 'I read Genl. Miller's account of the South American War. I liked it the better that Basil Ha...Walter Scott General MillerMemoirs of General Miller, in the Service of the Republic of PeruPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 19 July 1829: 'I read the Spae-wife of Galt. There is something good in it and the language is occasionally...Walter Scott John GaltThe SpaewifePrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 3 July 1830: 'I read Southey's Pilgrim's Progress and think of reviewing the same [...] Read Hone's Every...Walter Scott John BunyanJohn Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, With Life of the AuthorPrint: Book
1800-1849Saturday, 3 July 1830: 'I read Southey's Pilgrim's Progress and think of reviewing the same [...] Read Hone's Every...Walter Scott William HoneEvery-Day Book and Table Book: or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, etc. Print: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 11 July 1830: 'I have begun Lawrie Todd which ought considering the author's indisputed talents to have bee...Walter Scott John GaltLawrie ToddPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 26 December 1830: 'I shut myself up in Mr. [Henry] Scott's room. He has lately become purchaser of his Gran...Walter Scott Civil war tractsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Sunday, 27 February 1831: 'Being Saturday no Mr. Laidlaw [amanuensis] came yesterday evening nor to-day being Sunda...Walter Scott 'German novels'Print: Book
1800-1849Monday, 4 April 1831: 'Mr. Liddell and Hay Mackenzie left us this morning. Liddell shewd me yesterday a very good o...Walter Scott LiddellThe SavoyardUnknown
1800-1849Wednesday, 13 April 1831: 'My nap [same afternoon] was a very short one and was agreeably replaced by Basil Hall's ...Walter Scott Captain Basil HallFragments of Voyages and TravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849'He [Hoffman] had made some translations from the German which he does extremely [well], for give him ideas and he nev...Walter Scott E.T.A. HoffmanThe Devil's ElixirsPrint: Book
1800-1849Wednesday, 26 October 1831: 'Here we are [at Portsmouth] still fixd by the inexorable wind [...] I engaged in a new...Walter Scott SmithNew ForestPrint: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, 2 July 1812, with enclosed letter of appreciation to Lord Byron: 'I trouble you with a...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage I and IIPrint: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, 6 January 1814: 'I have read Lord Byron's "Bride of Abydos" with great delight, and on...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronThe Bride of AbydosPrint: Book
1800-1849John Murray to Byron, 22 January 1817: 'I had a letter from Mr. Ward, to whom, at Paris, I sent the poems, and he i...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IIIUnknown
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, regarding Byron's Cain: 'I do not know that his Muse has ever taken so lofty a flight ...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronCain, a MysteryPrint: Book
1800-1849'When Murray was about to publish Byron's "Siege of Corinth" and "Parisina," he promised to send the early sheets to...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronThe Siege of CorinthPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'When Murray was about to publish Byron's "Siege of Corinth" and "Parisina," he promised to send the early sheets to...Walter Scott George Gordon Lord ByronParisinaPrint: Unknown
1800-1849A rare thing this literature or love of fame or notoriety which accompanies it. Here is Mr H.M. [Henry Mackenzie] on ...Walter Scott Henry MackenzieUnknown
1800-1849Received a letter from Sir W. Knighton mentioning that the King acquiesced in my proposal that Constable's Miscellany ...Walter Scott Archibald ConstableConstable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, the Sciences, & the ArtsUnknown
1800-1849Walter Scott to William Blackwood, following a period of illness: 'I am greatly better, but not able to write. The ...Walter Scott Isaac D'IsraeliCuriosities of LiteraturePrint: Book
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Walter Scott to John Murray, 23 March 1818: 'I laid Kirkton aside when half finished, from a desire to get the orig...Walter Scott Patrick Walker'Lives of Cameron [etc]'Print: Book
1800-1849Walter Scott to John Murray, 23 March 1818: 'I laid Kirkton aside when half finished, from a desire to get the orig...Walter Scott Patrick Walker'Lives of Cameron [etc]'Print: Book
1800-1849'"Hajji Baba" was more read than any other of [James Morier's] works. Sir Walter Scott was especially pleased with it,...Walter Scott James MorierHajji BabaPrint: Book
1800-1849John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray, 29 September 1829: 'Sir Walter [Scott] has just read the first 120 pages of Mo...Walter Scott Thomas MooreLife of ByronUnknown
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox (Footnote: William Knox), a young poet of considerab...Walter Scott William KnoxLonely HearthUnknown
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a we...Walter Scott Michael BruceElegy - Written in SpringUnknown
1800-1849'His last works were Spiritual hymns and which he wrote very well. In his own line of Society he was said to exhibit ...Walter Scott Ben JonsonEveryman in his HumourUnknown
1800-1849'The gay world has been kept in hot water lately by the impudent publication of the celebrated Harriet Wilson.'Walter Scott Harriet WilsonMemoirsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849On literary life of Amelia Opie, 1804-25: 'It must have been something [...] to breakfast with Wordsworth and Sir W...Walter Scott Amelia OpieFather and DaughterPrint: Book
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'[Walter Scott] read with much delight, and made his children read, Rosamond and the Purple Jar and Simple Susan; even...Walter Scott Maria EdgeworthSimple SusanPrint: Book
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'[Walter Scott] read with much delight, and made his children read, Rosamond and the Purple Jar and Simple Susan; even...Walter Scott Maria EdgeworthRosamondPrint: Book
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'[Walter Scott] read with much delight, and made his children read, Rosamond and the Purple Jar and Simple Susan; even...Walter Scott Maria Edgeworth[?The] Purple JarPrint: Book
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'[Walter Scott] read with much delight, and made his children read, Rosamond and the Purple Jar and Simple Susan; even...Walter Scott Maria EdgeworthHarry and LucyPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Sophia Scott to Miss Millar (former governess), 5 July 1819: 'I would advise you to read a new book, whi...Walter Scott J. G. LockhartPeter's Letters to his KinsfolkUnknown
1700-1799'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's...Walter Scott William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1700-1799'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's...Walter Scott The Arabian Nights' EntertainmentPrint: Book
1800-1849'The storm around might roar and rustle We didna mind the storm a whistle'. Walter Scott Robert BurnsTam o' ShanterUnknown

 

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