Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Canto III, stanza 2.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
Context: In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed;
In war, he mounts the warrior's steed;
In halls, in gay attire is seen;
In hamlets, dances on the green.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below, and saints above;
For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
Letter to J. G. Lockhart (c. 16 June 1830), in H. J. C. Grierson (ed.), Letters of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. II (1936), as reported in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999), p. 652
“But search the land of living men,
Where wilt thou find their like again?”
Canto I, introduction, st. 11.
Marmion (1808)
“But woe awaits a country when
She sees the tears of bearded men.”
Canto V, stanza 16.
Marmion (1808)
“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)
Countess Brenhilda in Count Robert of Paris (1832), Ch. 25.
“It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives.”
Walter Scott book The Antiquary
Volume I, Ch. 11.
The Antiquary (1816)
“It is a strong castle, and strongly guarded; but there is no impossibility to brave men.”
Walter Scott book Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward (1823), Ch. 3.
The Doom of Devorgoil, Bonny Dundee (1830), Chorus.