WaverleyHoughton Mifflin, 1923 |
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Página xii
... observed even in children , who cannot endure that a nursery story should be re- peated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told . But without altering , in the slightest degree , either the story or the mode of ...
... observed even in children , who cannot endure that a nursery story should be re- peated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told . But without altering , in the slightest degree , either the story or the mode of ...
Página xv
... stiffness and affectation which attends it during a narrative of some length , and which may be observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries XV GENERAL PREFACE TO THE WAVERLEY ...
... stiffness and affectation which attends it during a narrative of some length , and which may be observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries XV GENERAL PREFACE TO THE WAVERLEY ...
Página xvi
... observed a strict secrecy on the sub- ject of this intercourse , it acquired all the character of a concealed pleasure , and we used to select for the scenes of our indulgence long walks through the solitary and romantic environs of ...
... observed a strict secrecy on the sub- ject of this intercourse , it acquired all the character of a concealed pleasure , and we used to select for the scenes of our indulgence long walks through the solitary and romantic environs of ...
Página xix
... observe , that about this time ( now , alas ! thirty years since ) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry , which was to be in the style of the Castle of Otranto , with plenty of Border characters and ...
... observe , that about this time ( now , alas ! thirty years since ) I had nourished the ambitious desire of composing a tale of chivalry , which was to be in the style of the Castle of Otranto , with plenty of Border characters and ...
Página xxvii
... observed that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or undeserved , I had already as much as might have ...
... observed that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or undeserved , I had already as much as might have ...
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.