| Dawson, William, & Sons, of London - 1809 - 344 sivua
...step in Scotland is historical; tie shades of the dead arise on every side ; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of...individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting an historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of Chivalry... | |
| 1851 - 786 sivua
...native legends with thy land, To give each scene the interest high, Whieh Genins lends to Beanty's eye." Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar mauner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters... | |
| John Galt - 1850 - 442 sivua
...shades of the dead arise on every side ; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a miter, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner...painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or diguined female characters in that land of chivalry and song." — Blackwood's Magazine, STUART.—AGRICULTURAL... | |
| James Grant, Sir John HEPBURN - 1851 - 316 sivua
...interest of romance lu the volume before us, Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full...turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner h't her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in... | |
| 1851 - 606 sivua
...native legends with thy land, To give each scene the interest high Which Genius lends to Beauty's eye." Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of...female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once heroic and pictorial. She has the spirit of chivalry in her soul, and the... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 sivua
...period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with »tlie sympathies of the present day. . . . Every one must...turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner flt her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in... | |
| 1851 - 812 sivua
...native legends with thy land, To give each scene the interest high, Which GenJus lends to Beauty's eye." Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of...illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of ehivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once heroic and pictorial. She has the spirit of chivalry... | |
| 1851 - 856 sivua
...Which Genius lends to Beauty 'e eye." Miss Strickland's talents ns a writer, and turn of mind as au individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting...female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once* heroic and pictorial. She has the spirit of chivalry in her soul, and the... | |
| George Finlay - 1851 - 562 sivua
...the shades of the dead arise on every side ; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents iia a writer, and turn of mind as an Individual, in a peculiar manner lit her for painting a historical gaJlery of the mobt ilhutrious or dignified female characters ID... | |
| 1851 - 794 sivua
...individnal, in a pecnliar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illnstrions or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and of song. Her disposition is at once heroic and pictorial. Biograplty. 4» She has the spirit of chivalry in... | |
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