Marmion

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Вальтер Скотт. Marmion

EDITOR’S PREFACE

MARMIONA TALE OF FLODDEN FIELDIN SIX CANTOS

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INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST

CANTO FIRST. THE CASTLE

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SECOND

CANTO SECOND. THE CONVENT

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO THIRD

CANTO THIRD. THE HOSTEL, OR INN

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FOURTH

CANTO FOURTH. THE CAMP

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIFTH

CANTO FIFTH. THE COURT

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SIXTH

CANTO SIXTH. THE BATTLE

L’Envoy

NOTES. by Thomas BayneI

NTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIRST

CANTO FIRST

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SECOND

CANTO SECOND

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO THIRD

CANTO THIRD

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FOURTH

CANTO FOURTH

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO FIFTH

CANTO FIFTH

INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SIXTH

CANTO SIXTH

L’ENVOY

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It is hardly to be expected, that an Author whom the Public have honoured with some degree of applause, should not be again a trespasser on their kindness. Yet the Author of MARMION must be supposed to feel some anxiety concerning its success, since he is sensible that he hazards, by this second intrusion, any reputation which his first Poem may have procured him. The present story turns upon the private adventures of a fictitious character; but is called a Tale of Flodden Field, because the hero’s fate is connected with that memorable defeat, and the causes which led to it. The design of the Author was, if possible, to apprize his readers, at the outset, of the date of his Story, and to prepare them for the manners of the Age in which it is laid. Any Historical Narrative, far more an attempt at Epic composition, exceeded his plan of a Romantic Tale; yet he may be permitted to hope, from the popularity of THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, that an attempt to paint the manners of the feudal times, upon a broader scale, and in the course of a more interesting story, will not be unacceptable to the Public.

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It is hardly to be expected, that an Author whom the Public have honoured with some degree of applause, should not be again a trespasser on their kindness. Yet the Author of MARMION must be supposed to feel some anxiety concerning its success, since he is sensible that he hazards, by this second intrusion, any reputation which his first Poem may have procured him. The present story turns upon the private adventures of a fictitious character; but is called a Tale of Flodden Field, because the hero’s fate is connected with that memorable defeat, and the causes which led to it. The design of the Author was, if possible, to apprize his readers, at the outset, of the date of his Story, and to prepare them for the manners of the Age in which it is laid. Any Historical Narrative, far more an attempt at Epic composition, exceeded his plan of a Romantic Tale; yet he may be permitted to hope, from the popularity of THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, that an attempt to paint the manners of the feudal times, upon a broader scale, and in the course of a more interesting story, will not be unacceptable to the Public.

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