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Sir Walter Scott’s Friends : Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe

 

As revealed in Mairiuna’s post “Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Rediscovered “, I am now quite pleased to introduce you to a series of articles about Sir Walter Scott’s cherished friends, be them on two legs or four. 😉

Sir Walter Scott Friends

As you will surely agree with […]

July 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

Walter Scott’s First Letters to and from C.K. Sharpe at Hoddom Castle

 

Thomas Carlyle Portrait

 

In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time:the articulate audible voice of the Past,

when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.

(Thomas Carlyle)

June 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Castles, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

Hoddom Castle: Old Stones and Stories in Dumfries & Galloway…

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Blooming rhododendrons at the entrance of Hoddom Castle, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland © 2006 Scotiana

Just try to imagine what it can be to get asleep and wake up in the shade of an old castle, to be immersed in the silent atmosphere of such a place when the only sounds around are […]

June 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Castles | Comments are closed