WaverleyHoughton Mifflin, 1923 |
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Página xxii
... hope to emulate the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact which pervade the works of my accomplished friend , I felt that something might be attempted for my own country , of the same kind with that which Miss Edge ...
... hope to emulate the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact which pervade the works of my accomplished friend , I felt that something might be attempted for my own country , of the same kind with that which Miss Edge ...
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... hope that ere its conclusion he should be distin- guished as Sir Richard Waverley of Waverley - Honour , successor to a princely estate , and to extended political connections as head of the county interest in the shire where it lay ...
... hope that ere its conclusion he should be distin- guished as Sir Richard Waverley of Waverley - Honour , successor to a princely estate , and to extended political connections as head of the county interest in the shire where it lay ...
Página 9
... hope to Bois le Duc , Avignon , and Italy . The accession of the near relation of one of those steady and inflexible opponents was considered as a means of bringing over more converts , and therefore Richard Waverley met with a share of ...
... hope to Bois le Duc , Avignon , and Italy . The accession of the near relation of one of those steady and inflexible opponents was considered as a means of bringing over more converts , and therefore Richard Waverley met with a share of ...
Página 43
... in the field of battle you will remember what name you bear . And , Edward , my dear boy , remember also that you are the last of that race , and the only hope of its revival de- - pends upon you ; therefore , as far as 43 CHAPTER VI ...
... in the field of battle you will remember what name you bear . And , Edward , my dear boy , remember also that you are the last of that race , and the only hope of its revival de- - pends upon you ; therefore , as far as 43 CHAPTER VI ...
Página 68
... hope of receiving an answer to any constant question , requested to know whether Mr. Bradwardine were at home , or where he could find any of the domestics . The questioned party replied , and , like the witch of Thalaba , ' still his ...
... hope of receiving an answer to any constant question , requested to know whether Mr. Bradwardine were at home , or where he could find any of the domestics . The questioned party replied , and , like the witch of Thalaba , ' still his ...
Términos y frases comunes
affection ancient answered appeared arms army asked attended Author Baron Bradwardine called Captain cause CHAPTER character charge Chief Chieftain circumstances clan Colonel command continued course danger dear Edward English entered Evan expressed eyes father favour feelings Fergus Flora followed gave give hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse interest kind Lady land least leave length less letter live look Lord Mac-Ivor Major manner matter means military mind Miss morning natural never night NOTE observed occasion officer once opinion party passed perhaps person poor present Prince probably reason received rendered replied respect returned Rose Scotland seemed seen short side soon spirit supposed taken Talbot thought tion took turned usual Waverley Waverley's whole wish young
Pasajes populares
Página 346 - 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 frayed ; You shall see him brought to bay,
Página 179 - 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 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 52 - ... for plaguing them so long with old-fashioned politics, and Whig and Tory, and Hanoverians and Jacobites. The truth is, I cannot promise them that this story shall be intelligible, not to say probable, without it. My plan requires that I should explain the motives on which its action proceeded ; and these motives necessarily arose from the feelings, prejudices, and parties of the times.
Página 12 - ... and could it have • been possible for me, with a moderate attention to decorum, to introduce any scene more lively than might be produced by the jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-de-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which she had heard in the servants...
Página 15 - ... those passions common to men in all stages of society, and which have alike agitated the human heart, whether it throbbed under the steel corslet of the fifteenth century, the brocaded coat of the eighteenth, or the blue frock and white dimity waistcoat of the present day.
Página xxxiv - The tale of Waverley was put together with so little care, that I cannot boast of having sketched any distinct plan of the work.