The Quarterly Review, Volume 285William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1947 |
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Page 249
... Irving's personal contacts the most delightful was his meeting with Scott at Abbotsford in the same year— a meeting which called forth , on the one hand , one of the most hospitable receptions offered to one man of letters by another ...
... Irving's personal contacts the most delightful was his meeting with Scott at Abbotsford in the same year— a meeting which called forth , on the one hand , one of the most hospitable receptions offered to one man of letters by another ...
Page 250
... Irving had made her acquainted ' with much more of papa's folly than she would otherwise have been . ' It impressed Irving greatly that a stranger such as himself , of whom Scott knew little , should be so lavishly received and ...
... Irving had made her acquainted ' with much more of papa's folly than she would otherwise have been . ' It impressed Irving greatly that a stranger such as himself , of whom Scott knew little , should be so lavishly received and ...
Page 251
... Irving de- cided to publish at his own expense . The venture was unfortunate . The publisher , John Miller , went bankrupt just as the book was beginning to show signs of success . In his despair Irving appealed to Scott , ' the only ...
... Irving de- cided to publish at his own expense . The venture was unfortunate . The publisher , John Miller , went bankrupt just as the book was beginning to show signs of success . In his despair Irving appealed to Scott , ' the only ...
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