... two families in whcm the intere-t centres and the contention between Roundheads and Cavaliets, Hlanoverians and Jacobites, Whigs and Tories. There is the dis- possessed heir in exile, returning at last to disappoint the loyal heart which placed its wvhole ...

... utmost secrecy, and it was intended that the first number of The Qtucterliy should fall like a bombshell among the astonished Whigs. James Ballantyne writes to Murray in January, 1809, that he bad heard a gentleman ask Scott whether The Quarferly would be ...

... Mel- bourne ponderous in spite of brevity, and as , solid and serious ias the life of a devout .or P attorney. The d6bonnair Whig statesman of Bar It the early Victorian days demanded a bio- -t grapher with a lighter hand and a zn little more natural sympathy ...