Walter Scott nejznámější citáty
„Kočky jsou velmi tajemné bytosti. V jejich mysli se odvíjejí věci, o kterých ani nemáme tušení.“
Originál: (en) Ah, these cats are very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
Zdroj: [Chambers, William, Chambers, Robert, Chambers' Edinghburg Journal, Dogiana, 22, London, 1837, 5, anglicky]
Walter Scott: Citáty anglicky
“War's a fearsome thing. They'll be cunning that catches me at this wark again.”
Walter Scott kniha Old Mortality
Old Mortality, Volume II (1816), Chapter XI.
“But woe awaits a country when
She sees the tears of bearded men.”
Walter Scott Marmion
Canto V, stanza 16.
Marmion (1808)
“Tell that to the marines—the sailors won't believe it.”
Walter Scott kniha Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet, Vol. II (1824), Ch. 13 http://books.google.com/books?id=ixkGAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Tell+that+to+the+marines+the+sailors+won't+believe+it%22&pg=PA326#v=onepage.
Canto I, stanza 1. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
“Within that awful volume lies
The mystery, of mysteries!”
Walter Scott kniha The Monastery
Zdroj: The Monastery (1820), Ch. 12.
“Where, where was Roderick then!
One blast upon his bugle-horn
Were worth a thousand men.”
Canto VI, stanza 18. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
Walter Scott Marmion
Canto VI, introduction, st. 1.
Marmion (1808)
Walter Scott kniha Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe, Chap. xxxix.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Steady of heart, and stout of hand.”
Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Canto I, stanza 21.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
Walter Scott kniha Chronicles of the Canongate
Chronicles of the Canongate (1828), Second Series, Ch. 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=lo8nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22There+is+a+vulgar+incredulity+which+in+historical+matters+as+well+as+in+those+of+religion+finds+it+easier+to+doubt+than+to+examine%22&pg=PA19#v=onepage
“Oh, young Lochinvar is come out of the West,
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best.”
Walter Scott Marmion
Canto V, st. 12 (Lochinvar, st. 1).
Marmion (1808)
Walter Scott kniha Waverley
Zdroj: Waverley (1814), Chapter LXX
“Along thy wild and willow'd shore.”
Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Canto IV, stanza 1.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
“And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace
A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace
Of finer form or lovelier face.”
Canto I, stanza 18. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
“Come as the winds come, when
Forests are rended,
Come as the waves come, when
Navies are stranded.”
Pibroch of Donald Dhu (1816), St. 4.
Walter Scott kniha Ivanhoe
Zdroj: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 23.
Walter Scott kniha Waverley
Zdroj: Waverley (1814), Chapter LVII
“If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,
Go visit it by the pale moonlight.”
Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Canto II, stanza 1.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
Canto II, stanza 22. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
“Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!”
Walter Scott kniha Ivanhoe
Zdroj: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 31, Wamba celebrates their victory.
“Time rolls his ceaseless course.”
Canto III, stanza 1. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
Walter Scott kniha The Antiquary
The Antiquary (1816), On the postal service
Walter Scott kniha Ivanhoe
Zdroj: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 27, Proverb recited by Wamba to De Bracy and Front-de-Boeuf.
Countess Brenhilda in Count Robert of Paris (1832), Ch. 25.
Life of Napoleon.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Stood for his country’s glory fast,
And nail’d her colours to the mast!”
Walter Scott Marmion
Canto I, introduction, st. 10.
Marmion (1808)
Walter Scott kniha Ivanhoe
Zdroj: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 23, De Bracy's vain attempt to woo Rowena using the language of courtly love.
