Sir Walter Scott

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

Haste, holy Friar,
Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!
Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
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Haste, holy Friar,
Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!
Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
And smooth his path from earth to heaven!

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.

My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.