Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceJ. M. Dent & Company, 1906 - 496 páginas |
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Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since Sir Walter Scott. man compact of honour and the exemplary qualities , cannot stand in the day of judgment by the side of Fergus , who Scott more than hints was a typical Gael with the un - English easy virtue ...
Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since Sir Walter Scott. man compact of honour and the exemplary qualities , cannot stand in the day of judgment by the side of Fergus , who Scott more than hints was a typical Gael with the un - English easy virtue ...
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... Honour - A Retrospect III . Education IV . Castle - building V. Choice of a Profession PAGE I 3 48 ཆེ 9 21 34 52 59 63 66 73 78 82 VI . The Adieus of Waverley 90 VII . A Horse - quarter in Scotland 97 VIII . A Scottish Manor - house ...
... Honour - A Retrospect III . Education IV . Castle - building V. Choice of a Profession PAGE I 3 48 ཆེ 9 21 34 52 59 63 66 73 78 82 VI . The Adieus of Waverley 90 VII . A Horse - quarter in Scotland 97 VIII . A Scottish Manor - house ...
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... honoured both with the sympathy and protection of the reigning family , whose mag- nanimity can well pardon a sigh from others , and bestow one themselves , to the memory of brave opponents , who did nothing in hate , but all in honour ...
... honoured both with the sympathy and protection of the reigning family , whose mag- nanimity can well pardon a sigh from others , and bestow one themselves , to the memory of brave opponents , who did nothing in hate , but all in honour ...
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... honour to the rustic cheer of Queen Margaret's bailiff , withdrew to the stable , and each , beside his favourite horse , snored away the fatigues of their journey . Early on the following morning , the travellers were roused by a ...
... honour to the rustic cheer of Queen Margaret's bailiff , withdrew to the stable , and each , beside his favourite horse , snored away the fatigues of their journey . Early on the following morning , the travellers were roused by a ...
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... honour to the toast of their landlord . " The success of the Archduke , " said the muddy Vicar , " will tend to further our negotiation at Paris ; and if " Pardon the interruption , Doctor , " quoth a thin emaciated figure , with ...
... honour to the toast of their landlord . " The success of the Archduke , " said the muddy Vicar , " will tend to further our negotiation at Paris ; and if " Pardon the interruption , Doctor , " quoth a thin emaciated figure , with ...
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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.