Scott, Sir Walter

Cultural  

1. A Scottish author of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Scott wrote immensely popular historical novels, such as Ivanhoe and Waverley, and poems, including “The Lady of the Lake.”

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Example Sentences

Scott, Sir Walter, 129, 262, 285, 312, 335, 339, 341, 349, 350, 357, 361.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

The race; Celts flee from Britain to Brittany to escape, 17 Scott, Sir Walter.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis

Scott, Sir Walter, his translation of Götz von Berlichingen, 131; his writings influenced by it, 132.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume

Scott, Sir Walter, 68; Borrow's prejudice against, 19, 108, 344; influence of, on J. H. Newman, 345; Taylor's influence on, 66; interest of, in Thurtell's trial, 121; writings of, admired by Borrow, 344.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King

Scott, Sir Walter, 212, 351, 377, 416; last words of, 296; death of, 338.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various