Waverley; or 'Tis sixty years since, Volumen313Ward, Lock, & Company, 1882 - 418 páginas |
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... supposed to favour a hasty advance in the profession of the law , nor being , on the other hand , exposed to unusual obstacles to interrupt my progress , I might reasonably expect to succeed ac- cording to the greater or less degree of ...
... supposed to favour a hasty advance in the profession of the law , nor being , on the other hand , exposed to unusual obstacles to interrupt my progress , I might reasonably expect to succeed ac- cording to the greater or less degree of ...
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... supposed that , by rendering his language too ancient , and displaying his antiquarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had raised up an obstacle to his own success . Every work designed for mere amusement must be ...
... supposed that , by rendering his language too ancient , and displaying his antiquarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had raised up an obstacle to his own success . Every work designed for mere amusement must be ...
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... supposed cases , in which I was said to have been placed on the verge of discovery ; but , as I maintained my point with the composure of a lawyer of thirty years ' standing , I never recollect being in pain or confusion on the subject ...
... supposed cases , in which I was said to have been placed on the verge of discovery ; but , as I maintained my point with the composure of a lawyer of thirty years ' standing , I never recollect being in pain or confusion on the subject ...
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... supposed that this sort of inquisition was treated with contempt by the person whom it principally regarded ; as , among * Letters on the Author of Waverley ; Rodwell and Martin , London , 1822 . all the rumours that were current ...
... supposed that this sort of inquisition was treated with contempt by the person whom it principally regarded ; as , among * Letters on the Author of Waverley ; Rodwell and Martin , London , 1822 . all the rumours that were current ...
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... supposed that these fragments are given as possessing any intrinsic value of themselves ; but there may be some curiosity attached to them , as to the first etchings of a plate , which are accounted interesting by those who have , in ...
... supposed that these fragments are given as possessing any intrinsic value of themselves ; but there may be some curiosity attached to them , as to the first etchings of a plate , which are accounted interesting by those who have , in ...
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A. B. FROST ancient answered appeared arms army attended Author Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine Beeton's BRET HARTE broadsword brother caliga called Captain Waverley Castle CHAPTER character Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan cloth gilt Colonel Talbot command dear Ditto Donald Bean Lean dress Edinburgh Edward Waverley English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora Gay Bowers Gellatley gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich guest hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse house of Stewart Jacobites Lady Laird letter look Lord Lord George Murray louis-d'or Lowland Major Melville manner military mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor morning never night observed occasion officer party passed person Perthshire portmanteau present Prince prisoner received regiment rendered replied returned romance Salisbury Square Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard soldiers spirit Spontoon sword thought tion Tully-Veolan Vich Ian Vohr Waverley-Honour Waverley's Whig words young
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Página 32 - Diamonds on the brake are gleaming; And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 399 - Thf re is no European nation, which, within the course of half a century, or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of 1745, — the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs, — the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons,— the total eradication of the Jacobite party, which, averse to intermingle with the English, or adopt their customs, long continued to pride themselves...
Página 7 - I felt that something might be attempted for my own country, of the same kind with that which Miss Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland...
Página 66 - ... read, and stored in a memory of uncommon tenacity, much curious, though ill-arranged and miscellaneous information. In English literature he was master of Shakespeare and Milton ; of our earlier dramatic authors ; of many picturesque and interesting passages from our old historical chronicles ; and was particularly well acquainted with Spenser, Drayton, and other poets who have exercised themselves on romantic fiction...
Página 168 - He observed great ceremony in approaching Edward ; and though our hero was writhing with pain, would not proceed to any operation which might assuage it until he had perambulated his couch three times, moving from east to west, according to the course of the sun.
Página 32 - WAKEN, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day, All the jolly chase is here, With hawk, and horse, and hunting-spear ! Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they,
Página 5 - I was, in kindness and pity, which was perhaps erroneous, hewever natural, permitted to select my subjects of study at my own pleasure, upon the same principle that the humours of children are indulged to keep them out of mischief. As my taste and appetite were gratified in nothing else, I indemnified myself by becoming a glutton of books. Accordingly, I believe I read almost all the romances, old plays, and epic poetry, in that formidable collection...
Página 126 - It seemed like a dream to Waverley that these deeds of violence should be familiar to men's minds, and currently talked of, as falling within the common order of things, and happening daily in the immediate vicinity, without his having crossed the seas, and while he was yet in the otherwise well-ordered island of Great Britain...