...copper, and made them and their parents all happy. The poor M'Craas, scribes his situation here : " I ut down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. 1 had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was...

...sentence in which the author celebrates his arrival at the shores of Loch Ness, where he reposes upon ' a bank such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign,' and reflects that a ' uniformity of barrenness can afford very little amusement to the traveller ;...

...a touching romance ; and we find him, for one brief moment only however, in this condition : — " I sat down on a bank such as a writer of romance might...high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, fixed the mind to find entertainment for itself."1 The storm which "the journey" raised in the Scottish...

...brief moment only however, in this condition : * Journey, 1st Ed., p. 84. " I sat down on a bank snch as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign....indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivnlet streamed at my feet. The day was cnlm, the air soft, and all wa< rudeness, silence, and solitude....

...neither impregnate the imagination nor enlarge the understanding." And though he shortly afterwards sits down on a bank " such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign," and there conceived the thought of his book, he does not seem to have felt much enthuiasm. He checked...

...perceptive quickness.' 2 Dr. Johnson, in \1\sjourney, thus beautifully describes his situation here : — ' I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance...hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to f1nd entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well, I know not ; for here I first conceived...

...fed some must be expelled or some must be destroyed. Works, v. ya. Scenery : I SAT down on a bank1, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to...rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills...

...SCOTT. 3 Dr. Johnson, In his " Journey," thus beautifully describes his situation here : "I sat down en a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had, indeed, to trm to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day WM •*"*••*•...

...— Walter Scott. a Dr. Johnson, in his " Journey," thus beautifully describes his situation here: "I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance mighthave delighted to feign. I had, indeed, no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet...

...towards noon, — I sät dmcn on a bank, such äs a writer of romanee might have ädighted to feiffn; I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear r leidet streamed ai my feet — here I first conceived the thought of Ihis narration (Hebrides). Freilich...