Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceJ. M. Dent & Company, 1906 - 496 páginas |
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... affectionate old uncle to whose title and estate he was presumptive heir . A difference in political opinions had early separated the Baronet from his younger brother Richard Waverley , the father of our hero . Sir Everard had inherited ...
... affectionate old uncle to whose title and estate he was presumptive heir . A difference in political opinions had early separated the Baronet from his younger brother Richard Waverley , the father of our hero . Sir Everard had inherited ...
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... affections were fixed upon a young soldier of fortune , a near relation of her own . Sir Everard manifested great emotion on receiving this intelligence , which was con- firmed to him , in a private interview , by the young lady herself ...
... affections were fixed upon a young soldier of fortune , a near relation of her own . Sir Everard manifested great emotion on receiving this intelligence , which was con- firmed to him , in a private interview , by the young lady herself ...
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... affections , notwithstanding the sighs and languishments of the fair tell - tale , who had revealed , in mere sisterly affection , the secret of Lady Emily's attachment , and in despite of the nods , winks , and innuendoes of the ...
... affections , notwithstanding the sighs and languishments of the fair tell - tale , who had revealed , in mere sisterly affection , the secret of Lady Emily's attachment , and in despite of the nods , winks , and innuendoes of the ...
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... affection , and patronage , by means of a tie which Sir Everard held as sacred as either Garter or Blue - mantle , Providence seemed to have granted to him the very object best calculated to fill up the void in his hopes and affections ...
... affection , and patronage , by means of a tie which Sir Everard held as sacred as either Garter or Blue - mantle , Providence seemed to have granted to him the very object best calculated to fill up the void in his hopes and affections ...
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... affections could at the same time fully exercise themselves . For Richard Waverley , he beheld in the growing attachment between the uncle and nephew the means of securing his son's , if not his own , succession to the hereditary estate ...
... affections could at the same time fully exercise themselves . For Richard Waverley , he beheld in the growing attachment between the uncle and nephew the means of securing his son's , if not his own , succession to the hereditary estate ...
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ancient answered appeared arms army attend Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine broadsword brother caliga called Callum Beg Captain Waverley Castle CHAPTER character Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot command danger dear Donald Bean Lean dress Edinburgh Edward Waverley Emma Darcy English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora Gay Bowers Gellatley gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich 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 plaid portmanteau present Prince rank received regiment rendered replied returned Richard Waverley romance Rose Bradwardine Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard sister soldiers spirit Spontoon sword thought tion Tully-Veolan Vich Ian Vohr Waverley-Honour Waverley's Whig wish young
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Página 9 - 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 — something which might introduce her natives to those of the sister kingdom in a more favourable light than they had been placed hitherto, and tend to procure sympathy for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles.
Página 382 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Página ii - WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND FREELY TO ALL APPLICANTS A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED AND PROJECTED VOLUMES TO BE COMPRISED UNDER THE FOLLOWING TWELVE HEADINGS...
Página 35 - Springlets in the dawn are steaming, 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,
Página 64 - Waverley, a Romance from the German," what head so obtuse as not to image forth a profligate abbot, an oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious association of Rosycrucians and Illuminati, with all their properties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical machines, trap-doors, and dark lanterns ? Or if I had rather chosen to call my work a
Página 227 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Página vii - I am myself, like Hamlet, indifferent honest ; but I suppose the blood of the old cattledrivers of Teviotdale continues to stir in my veins. " I shall not own Waverley ; my chief reason is that it would prevent me of the pleasure of writing again.
Página 36 - Waken, lords and ladies gay.' Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the green-wood 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 frayed ; You shall see him brought to bay, 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 36 - gainst the oak his antlers frayed; You shall see him brought to bay; " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Página 476 - The effects of the insurrection of 1 745, — 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 upon maintaining ancient Scottish manners and customs, — commenced this innovation.