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... swered the moss - trooper , first pointing with his lance towards the burned village , and then almost instantly levelling it against Lord Lacy . The squire drew his sword , and severed at one blow the steel head GENERAL PREFACE . xli.
... swered the moss - trooper , first pointing with his lance towards the burned village , and then almost instantly levelling it against Lord Lacy . The squire drew his sword , and severed at one blow the steel head GENERAL PREFACE . xli.
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ANDREW LANG. sword , and severed at one blow the steel head from the truncheon of the spear . " Arthur Fitzherbert , " said the baron , " that stroke has deferred thy knighthood for one year ; never must that squire wear the spurs whose ...
ANDREW LANG. sword , and severed at one blow the steel head from the truncheon of the spear . " Arthur Fitzherbert , " said the baron , " that stroke has deferred thy knighthood for one year ; never must that squire wear the spurs whose ...
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... heads ; the war- riors sprung to their feet , clashed their armour , and brandished their swords . Dick's terror was extreme at seeing the whole army , which had been so lately silent as the grave , in uproar , and about to rush on him ...
... heads ; the war- riors sprung to their feet , clashed their armour , and brandished their swords . Dick's terror was extreme at seeing the whole army , which had been so lately silent as the grave , in uproar , and about to rush on him ...
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... head of hair , accompanied by a bluff , open - looking elderly man in a naval uniform . Yarely ! Yarely ! pull away , my hearts , ' said the latter , and the boat bearing the unlucky young man soon carried him on board the frigate ...
... head of hair , accompanied by a bluff , open - looking elderly man in a naval uniform . Yarely ! Yarely ! pull away , my hearts , ' said the latter , and the boat bearing the unlucky young man soon carried him on board the frigate ...
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... head , and he has hollowed the hounds upon a velvet - headed knobbler ! By Saint Hubert , if I break not his pate with my cross - bow , may I never cast off hound more ! But to it , my lords and masters ! the noble beast is here yet ...
... head , and he has hollowed the hounds upon a velvet - headed knobbler ! By Saint Hubert , if I break not his pate with my cross - bow , may I never cast off hound more ! But to it , my lords and masters ! the noble beast is here yet ...
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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.