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... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical repu- tation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by at- tempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical repu- tation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by at- tempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
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... of composing the projected romance ; and al- though the manuscript bore the marks of hurry and incoherence natural to the first rough draught of the author , it evinced , in my opinion , considerable xxii GENERAL PREFACE .
... of composing the projected romance ; and al- though the manuscript bore the marks of hurry and incoherence natural to the first rough draught of the author , it evinced , in my opinion , considerable xxii GENERAL PREFACE .
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ANDREW LANG. author , it evinced , in my opinion , considerable powers of imagination . As the Work was unfinished , I ... opinion that a romance , founded on a Highland story and more modern events , would have a better 1 See Appendix ...
ANDREW LANG. author , it evinced , in my opinion , considerable powers of imagination . As the Work was unfinished , I ... opinion that a romance , founded on a Highland story and more modern events , would have a better 1 See Appendix ...
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... opinions and reasoning were liable to be taxed with partiality , or confronted with opposing arguments and opinions ; and the question was not so much whether I should be generally acknowledged to be the author , in spite of my own ...
... opinions and reasoning were liable to be taxed with partiality , or confronted with opposing arguments and opinions ; and the question was not so much whether I should be generally acknowledged to be the author , in spite of my own ...
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... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclama- tions of mine would only have savoured of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not hap- pen , but only that it could hardly have occurred exactly under the ...
... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclama- tions of mine would only have savoured of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not hap- pen , but only that it could hardly have occurred exactly under the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.