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JOHN WILSON (2) (USED PSEUDONYM CHRISTOPHER NORTH) Scottish essayist, poet and novelist (1785 - 1854) Nae wut without a portion o' impertinence.       - in Noctes Ambrosianae [Wit] Would you repeat that again, sir, for it soun's sae sonorous that the words droon the ideas?       - in Noctes Ambrosianiae, 27 [Words] How bright the sunshine dances in its joy,   O'er the still flow of this majestic river!       - City of the Plague [Rivers] Sometimes there are living beings in nature as beautiful as in romance; reality surpasses imagination; and we see breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes, sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.       - The Lily of Liddesdale,         in his 1822 collection entitled "Lights and Shadows of Scottish LIfe"         [Beauty] Last Revised: 2008 June 30 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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