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... fair companion . While they sat down to it , they were attended by their host and his daughter , whom custom did not permit to eat in their presence , and who afterwards withdrew to an outer chamber , where the squire and page ( both ...
... fair companion . While they sat down to it , they were attended by their host and his daughter , whom custom did not permit to eat in their presence , and who afterwards withdrew to an outer chamber , where the squire and page ( both ...
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... fair daughters had climbed every pass , viewed every pine - shrouded ruin , heard every groan , and lifted every trap - door , in company with the noted heroine of " Udolpho . " They had been heard , however , to ob- serve that the ...
... fair daughters had climbed every pass , viewed every pine - shrouded ruin , heard every groan , and lifted every trap - door , in company with the noted heroine of " Udolpho . " They had been heard , however , to ob- serve that the ...
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... fair lady sister might think our housekeeping as niggardly as that of their churlish kinsman at Gay Bowers , who sent his father's jester to the hospital , sold the poor sot's bells for hawk - jesses , and made a nightcap of his long ...
... fair lady sister might think our housekeeping as niggardly as that of their churlish kinsman at Gay Bowers , who sent his father's jester to the hospital , sold the poor sot's bells for hawk - jesses , and made a nightcap of his long ...
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... fair Darcy . They found her in a composed but melancholy posture . She turned the discourse upon the misfor- tunes of her life , and hinted that having recovered her brother , and seeing him look forward to the society of one who would ...
... fair Darcy . They found her in a composed but melancholy posture . She turned the discourse upon the misfor- tunes of her life , and hinted that having recovered her brother , and seeing him look forward to the society of one who would ...
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... fair cousins , after exchanging looks which im- plied a fear that her mind was wandering , answered her in soothing terms , and finally prevailed upon her to accompany them to the banqueting - hall . Here the first person they ...
... fair cousins , after exchanging looks which im- plied a fear that her mind was wandering , answered her in soothing terms , and finally prevailed upon her to accompany them to the banqueting - hall . Here the first person they ...
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Abbotsford amusement ancient ANDREW LANG answered appeared arms attend Author Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine beauty broadsword brother called Callum Beg Captain Waverley castle caterans CHAPTER character chief chieftain clan command dear Donald Bean Lean Edinburgh Edward Waverley Emma Darcy English Evan Dhu Eyrbyggja Saga fair father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora Gay Bowers Gellatley gentleman Glennaquoich guest hall hand heard heart hero Highland horse house of Stewart Jacobite king Lady Laird letter Little Britain Lord Boteler manner ment mind Mirkwood Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor never night noble novels observed occasion party passed perhaps person political Rachel reader received Richard Waverley romance Roundhead scene Scotch Scotland Scott Scottish seemed Sir Everard sister song Stubbs passed sword tain tale thought tion Tom Otter Tully-Veolan Vich Ian Vohr Waverley Honour Waverley's Whig wild young youth
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Página lvii - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Página 85 - Hie away, hie away, Over bank and over brae, Where the copsewood is the greenest, Where the fountains glisten sheenest, Where the lady fern grows strongest, Where the morning dew lies longest, Where the black-cock sweetest sips it, Where the fairy latest trips it ; Hie to haunts right seldom seen, Lovely, lonesome, cool and green, Over bank and over brae, Hie away, hie away. "Do the verses he sings...
Página lvi - 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 237 - 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 90 - Edward, on the contrary, loved to fill up and round the sketch with the colouring of a warm and vivid imagination, which gives light and life to the actors and speakers in the drama of past ages.
Página cxii - ... readers understand, that they will meet in the following pages neither a romance of chivalry, nor a tale of modern manners ; that my hero will neither have iron on his shoulders, as of yore, nor on the heels of his boots, as is the present fashion of Bond Street ; and that my damsels will neither be clothed
Página xxx - Scott as much as owned himself the Author of Waverley to me in Murray's shop. I was talking to him about that novel, and lamented that its author had not carried back the story nearer to the time of the Revolution —Scott, entirely off his guard, replied, ' Ay, I might have done so; but — ' there he stopped. It was in vain to attempt to correct himself; he looked confused, and relieved his embarrassment by a precipitate retreat.
Página cx - Or if I had rather chosen to call my work a " Sentimental Tale," would it not have been a sufficient presage of a heroine with a profusion of auburn hair, and a harp, the soft solace of her solitary hours, which she fortunately finds always the means of transporting from castle to...
Página 131 - Gordon, and that at deep midnight, through scenes of difficulty and toil, separated from his attendant, left by his guide :— What a variety of incidents for the exercise of a romantic imagination, and all enhanced by the solemn feeling of uncertainty, at least, if not of danger...
Página 181 - The larger was placid, and even sullen in its course, wheeling in deep eddies, or sleeping in dark blue pools ; but the motions of the lesser brook were rapid and furious, issuing from between precipices, like a maniac from his confinement, all foam and uproar.