Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet: With a Biographical and Critical Memoir Wenowapproachthesecond step in Scott's life. In the course of longdream ofyouthful love was am. Little has been told, perhaps divulged, ofthereasons forthe final decision; the linesabove alluded! To aviolet in the followingcollection,) cannot be regarded as strict cv thefacts; andscott's stern habitofrepressionwhemhefdtmoshhas t fromusnotonlywhat hewascompelled tobear, buthowheboreit. He dark hour during a solitary ride in Perthshire; the wise sympathy of (afterwards Countess of Purgstall) was some little aid; but the won inwardly, and the evidence appears strong, that, like all passion supp deference to ideas of manlinus or philosophy, this worked in himsviti fever. However these things may have been, next year he married (d a pretty Mdlle. Charpentier, (daughter to a French lady, one of the emigrants.) whom he met and wooed at the little watering-place, Gil Cumberland - a village which he afterwards described in his only novel temporary life, the tragic St. Ronan's Well. A very brief acquaints cededtheirengagement; itisprobable thatthe congruityof sentiment: between them was comparatively slight and at the distance of sixtyyeai and more, it may be allowable to add that although attended by con happiness, faithful atuchment on his wife's part, and much that gave to life, this marriage does not appear to have fully satisfied the poe nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the