The Temple Edition of the Waverley Novels, Volumen1J.M. Dent & Company, 1897 |
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... persons and their adventures followed with profoundest interest ! " A copy of the now much prized first edition of Waverley ' is before me . The three volumes have a more unpretentious appearance than most of the three - volume novels ...
... persons and their adventures followed with profoundest interest ! " A copy of the now much prized first edition of Waverley ' is before me . The three volumes have a more unpretentious appearance than most of the three - volume novels ...
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... person singular , he proceeds in the second paragraph to make use of the first . But it appears to him that the seeming modesty connected with the former mode of writing , is overbalanced by the inconvenience of stiffness and ...
... person singular , he proceeds in the second paragraph to make use of the first . But it appears to him that the seeming modesty connected with the former mode of writing , is overbalanced by the inconvenience of stiffness and ...
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... person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first achievements as a tale- teller - but I believe some of my ...
... person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first achievements as a tale- teller - but I believe some of my ...
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... persons acquainted with the contents of the publication , and they offered a large sum for it while in the course of printing , which , however , was declined , the author not choosing to part with the copyright . The origin of the ...
... persons acquainted with the contents of the publication , and they offered a large sum for it while in the course of printing , which , however , was declined , the author not choosing to part with the copyright . The origin of the ...
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... persons ; nor was there an instance of treachery during the many years in which these precautions were resorted to , although various individuals were employed at different times . Double proof - sheets were regularly printed off . One ...
... persons ; nor was there an instance of treachery during the many years in which these precautions were resorted to , although various individuals were employed at different times . Double proof - sheets were regularly printed off . One ...
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amusement ancient answered appeared arms attend Bailie Macwheeble Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine broadsword brother called Captain Waverley castle Caterans Chapter character Chief Chieftain clan curiosity dear Donald Bean Lean dress Edinburgh Edward Waverley Emma Darcy English Evan Dhu father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora Gay Bowers Gellatley gentleman Glennaquoich guest hand heard hero Highland honour horse house of Stewart Jacobite King Laird letter Lord Boteler louis-d'or Lowland manner ment mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor morning neighbouring never Nicholas Amhurst night noble observed occasion party passed perhaps person Perthshire plaid political received rendered replied Richard Waverley Rob Roy romance Rose scene Scotland Scott Scottish seemed Sir Everard sister song St Clere sword tale Tewin thou thought tion Titus Livius Tully-Veolan Vich Ian Vohr Waverley Novels Waverley-Honour Waverley's Whig wild young youth
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Página lv - You shall see him brought to bay; ' Waken, lords and ladies gay.' Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay! Tell them youth and mirth and glee Run a course as well as we; Time, stern huntsman! who can baulk, Stanch as hound and fleet as hawk; Think of this, and rise with day Gentle lords and ladies gay!
Página 107 - Hie away, hie away, Over bank and over brae, Where the copsewood is the greenest, Where the fountains glisten sheenest, Where the lady-fern grows strongest, Where the morning dew lies longest, Where the black-cock sweetest sips it, Where the fairy latest trips it : Hie to haunts right seldom seen, Lovely, lonesome, cool and green, Over bank and over brae, Hie away, hie away. 118 'Do the verses he sings/ asked Waverley, 'belong to old Scottish poetry, Miss Bradwardine ? '
Página liv - 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, " Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Página 261 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Página liv - 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 210 - Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death, When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath ; They call to the dirk, claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge. Be the brand of each chieftain like Fin's in his ire! 'May the blood through his veins flow like currents of fire!
Página lv - 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." Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the greenwood haste away; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot and tall of size; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers fray'd; You shall see him brought to bay; "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 290 - Pork, or swine's flesh, in any shape, was, till of late years, much abominated by the Scotch, nor is it yet a favourite food amongst them. King Jamie carried this prejudice to England, and is known to have abhorred pork almost as much as he did tobacco. Ben Jonson has recorded this peculiarity, where the gipsy in a masque, examining the king's hand, says,— —'you should, by this line, Love a horse, and a hound, but no part of a swine.'— THE GYPSIES METAMORPHOSED.
Página 205 - Flora's eye, exalted the richness and purity of her complexion, and enhanced the dignity and grace of her beautiful form. Edward thought he had never, even in his wildest dreams, imagined a figure of such exquisite and interesting loveliness. The wild beauty of the retreat, bursting upon him as if by magic, augmented the mingled feeling of delight and awe with which he approached her, like a fair enchantress of Boiardo or Ariosto, by whose nod the scenery around seemed to have been created an Eden...