WaverleyHoughton Mifflin, 1923 |
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Página xiii
... occasion , the various legends , family traditions , or obscure historical facts which have formed the ground- work of these Novels , and to give some account of the places where the scenes are laid , when these are alto- gether , or in ...
... occasion , the various legends , family traditions , or obscure historical facts which have formed the ground- work of these Novels , and to give some account of the places where the scenes are laid , when these are alto- gether , or in ...
Página xxvi
... occasion to take on my- self the personal risk of discomfiture . For this purpose considerable precautions were used to preserve secrecy . My old friend and schoolfellow , Mr. James Ballantyne , who printed these Novels , had the ...
... occasion to take on my- self the personal risk of discomfiture . For this purpose considerable precautions were used to preserve secrecy . My old friend and schoolfellow , Mr. James Ballantyne , who printed these Novels , had the ...
Página xxvii
... occasions ; and yet I ought to stand exculpated from the charge of ungracious or unbecoming indifference to public applause . I did not the less feel gratitude for the public favour , although I did not proclaim it ; as the lover who ...
... occasions ; and yet I ought to stand exculpated from the charge of ungracious or unbecoming indifference to public applause . I did not the less feel gratitude for the public favour , although I did not proclaim it ; as the lover who ...
Página xxxiv
... occasion to remit to him , in conse- quence of certain family transactions , some considerable sums of money about that period . To which it is to be 1 See Appendix No. III . added that if any person chanced to evince particular ...
... occasion to remit to him , in conse- quence of certain family transactions , some considerable sums of money about that period . To which it is to be 1 See Appendix No. III . added that if any person chanced to evince particular ...
Página xlii
... occasion he spent a day or two in Ayrshire among Colonel Whitefoord's Whig friends , as pleasantly and as good - humouredly as if all had been at peace around him . After the battle of Culloden had ruined the hopes of Charles Edward and ...
... occasion he spent a day or two in Ayrshire among Colonel Whitefoord's Whig friends , as pleasantly and as good - humouredly as if all had been at peace around him . After the battle of Culloden had ruined the hopes of Charles Edward and ...
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.