Confessions of a gentrified sinner: secrets in Scott and Hogg.(Walter Scott, author James Hogg)

Studies in Romanticism | March 22, 2002| | Copyright

 
   "You are right, my friend--you are right," replied poor Dick, his eye 
   kindling with enthusiasm; "why should I shun the name of an--an"--(he 
   hesitated for a phrase)--"an out-of-doors artist?" 
 
   --Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor 
 
   "That there are subjects of secrecy and confidence between us, is most 
   certain; but to such, his communications to you could have no relation; and 
   with such, I, as an individual, have no concern." 
 
   --Walter Scott, Rob Roy

THE CONCLUDING SECTION OF JAMES HOGG'S PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND Confessions of a Justified ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	A new letter by Bill Nye.(Notes) Magazine article from: ANQ ; Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye (1850-96) was one of America's most...Three of his best-known works are Bill Nye and Boomerang; or, The Tale of a Meek...and Some Other Literary Gems (1881), Nye and Riley's Railway Guide (1888...
	Touring lecturer took to 1890 Pasadena Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News ; ...appeared at the opera house in Pasadena in March 1893. No, he wasn't "Bill Nye the Science Guy," he was Bill Nye, journalist and popular humorist. Born Edgar Wilson Nye in Maine in 1850, he adopted the name of "Bill Nye" from a character in...
	Ducking the heatwave.(News) Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa) ; ...home to be greeted by his wife in a sexy negligee. "Tie me up," she purrs, "And you can do anything." So he tied her up and went off to play golf. Last word Wagner's music is better than it sounds. - Edgar Wilson Nye GRAHAM LINSCOTT
	QUOTE UNQUOTE Newspaper article from: The Press ; ...greatness is expected of him." - John Steinbeck, American author. "Wagner's music is better than it sounds." - Edgar Wilson Nye. "How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality...
	MADE TO ORDER.(houses)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Builder ; ...which will not have any closets, and the hall will contain the woodbox and the lavatory, as it does now."--Edgar Wilson Bill" Nye, justice of the peace, postmaster, humorist, columnist for Laramie Boomerange and New York World, 1893 TOMORROW...
	"Hey, is it boiling in here or is it just me?" However you classify Maine humor, it's become a trademark for the rugged state.(Features)(Arts & Leisure) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ; ...subtle," he says. Instead, he recommends the writings of his literary ancestors, people like Artemus Ward and Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, as places to find the essence of Maine humor. "I draw from the oral tradition," says Sample, who adapts...
	THE CRITICAL EAR.(Pasatiempo) Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) ; ...houses and more sporadic attendance at other times is the kind of thing that could make, in the words of humorist Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, an angel weep because he couldn't swear. Though if you substitute "arts administrator" for angel, you...
	JOHN GOULD; CHRONICLED MAINE LIFE FOR 6 DECADES Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...I think when you're judging humor on the basis of the mechanics of the job, `Bill' Nye [Maine-born, turn-of-the-century author Edgar Wilson] was a far greater humorist than Mark Twain was. He's been forgotten because he didn...
	OBIT - PAISLEY, PAUL DENTON Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News ; ...and formerly of Mouth of Wilson, Va., passed away Thursday...He was born in Mouth of Wilson, Va. on June 2, 1928 to Samuella Hash and Edgar Paisley. He attended...Paisley; nephews, Kemp Nye, David Haynes, and Robert...Baptist Church, Mouth of Wilson, Va., with burial in...
	BIRTHS Newspaper article from: The Gazette ; ...Darla, Fountain, Sept. 16. NYE: Jason and Jennifer, Colorado...16. GONZALES-GALLARDO: Edgar Gallardo and Maria Gonzales...Monument, a boy, Sept. 18. WILSON-HOPE: Rikke Hope and Dariana Wilson, Sept. 18. CALENDAR: Hugo...