 Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Huntly) — the Marquess of Hertford (then Lord Yarmouth) — the Earl of Fife — and Scott's early friend Lord Melville." The Prince and Scott," says Mr. Croker, " were the two most brilliant story-tellers in their several...  The Chess Player's Chronicle - Seite 2391841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1881 - 946 Seiten
...York, Lord Yarmouth, Lord Melville, and others, being of the company. "The Prince and Scott," said Mr. Croker, "were the two most brilliant story-tellers, in their several ways, I have ever happened to meet. Both exerted themselves, and he could not say which had shone the most.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 432 Seiten
...his worth, from Sir Walter Scott's Diary, in a subsequent volume of these Memoirs. — [March 1839.] Huntly) — the Marquess of Hertford (then Lord Yarmouth)...brilliant storytellers in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet ; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1883 - 88 Seiten
...recollection. It comprised, I believe, the Duke of York — the Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Uuntly) — the Marquess of Hertford (then Lord Yarmouth) —...brilliant story-tellers, in their several ways, that 1 ever happened to meet; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that evening... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 494 Seiten
...interesting and agreeable one in their recollection. It comprised, I believe, the Duke of York — the Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Huntly) — the Marquess...brilliant storytellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet ; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1888 - 252 Seiten
...interesting and. agreeable one in their recollection. It comprised, I believe, the Duke of York — the Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Huntly) — the Marquess...brilliant story-tellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet ; they were both aware of their/0/*, and both exerted themselves that evening... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 280 Seiten
...so at that date unless he had been a good deal impressed. Wilson Croker says, ' the Prince and Scott were the two most brilliant story-tellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet.'2 Nero has been rehabilitated by a German historian, Eichard the Third... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 Seiten
...interesting and agreeable one in their recollection. It comprised, I believe, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Huntly), the Marquess...brilliant story-tellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet ; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1899 - 596 Seiten
...(then Marquess of Huntly)—the Marquess of Hertford (then Lord Yarmouth)—the Karl of Fife—and Scott's early friend, Lord Melville. "The Prince and...brilliant story-tellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that evening... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1900 - 562 Seiten
...his worth, from Sir Walter Scott's Diary, in a subsequent volume of these Memoirs.— {March 1839.] me that the party was the most interesting and agreeable...brilliant story-tellers in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet ; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 492 Seiten
...recollection. It comprised, I believe, the Duke of York — the Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Huutly) — the Marquess of Hertford (then Lord Yarmouth) —...brilliant storytellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet ; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that... | |
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