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Página xi
... render them in some de- gree deserving of a continuance of the public favour with which they have been honoured ever since their first appearance . For a long period , however , it seemed likely that the improved and illustrated edition ...
... render them in some de- gree deserving of a continuance of the public favour with which they have been honoured ever since their first appearance . For a long period , however , it seemed likely that the improved and illustrated edition ...
Página xvii
... rendered indispensable , he will not be surprised that I was abandoned to my own discretion , so far as reading ( my almost sole amusement ) was concerned , and still less so , that I abused the indulgence which left my time so much at ...
... rendered indispensable , he will not be surprised that I was abandoned to my own discretion , so far as reading ( my almost sole amusement ) was concerned , and still less so , that I abused the indulgence which left my time so much at ...
Página xviii
... expected or hoped for . The severe stud- ies necessary to render me fit for my profession occupied the greater part of my time ; and the society of my friends and companions , who were about to enter life xviii WAVERLEY NOVELS.
... expected or hoped for . The severe stud- ies necessary to render me fit for my profession occupied the greater part of my time ; and the society of my friends and companions , who were about to enter life xviii WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Página xix
... rendered serious labour indispensable ; for , neither pos- sessing , on the one hand , any of those peculiar ad- vantages which are supposed to favour a hasty advance in the profession of the law , nor being , on the other hand ...
... rendered serious labour indispensable ; for , neither pos- sessing , on the one hand , any of those peculiar ad- vantages which are supposed to favour a hasty advance in the profession of the law , nor being , on the other hand ...
Página xxiii
... rendered him familiar with all the antiquarian lore necessary for the purpose of composing the projected romance ... rendering his language too ancient , and displaying his antiquarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had ...
... rendered him familiar with all the antiquarian lore necessary for the purpose of composing the projected romance ... rendering his language too ancient , and displaying his antiquarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient answered appeared arms army attended auld Bailie Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine broadsword brother caliga called Callum Beg Captain Waverley Castle CHAPTER character Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot command dear Donald Bean Lean dress Edinburgh English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora frae Gay Bowers gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart Ivor Jacobites Lady Laird look Lord Lord George Murray louis-d'or Lowland Macwheeble Major Melville manner ment military mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor morning never night observed occasion officer party passed person Perthshire Pinkie House plaid poor portmanteau present Prince prisoner received regiment rendered replied returned romantic Rose Bradwardine scene Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard soldiers spirit Spontoon sword thought tion Tully-Veolan Vich Ian Vohr Waverley-Honour Waverley's Whig 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.