Waverley. WoodstockAldine - 894 páginas |
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Página xiii
... expressed to learn the name of the author , but on this no authentic information could be obtained . My orig- inal motive for publishing the work anonymously , was the con- sciousness that it was an experiment on the public taste which ...
... expressed to learn the name of the author , but on this no authentic information could be obtained . My orig- inal motive for publishing the work anonymously , was the con- sciousness that it was an experiment on the public taste which ...
Página xv
... expression , and opinions broached in these Tales , and such as were used by their author in the intercourse of private life , must have been far too great to permit any of my familiar acquaintances to doubt the identity betwixt their ...
... expression , and opinions broached in these Tales , and such as were used by their author in the intercourse of private life , must have been far too great to permit any of my familiar acquaintances to doubt the identity betwixt their ...
Página xvi
... expressed him- self , I knew his opinion was entirely formed , and that any dis- clamations of mine would only have savored of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not happen , but only that it could hardly ...
... expressed him- self , I knew his opinion was entirely formed , and that any dis- clamations of mine would only have savored of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not happen , but only that it could hardly ...
Página xvii
... expression . In short , the Author believes his brother would have made himself distinguished in that striking field in which , since that period , Mr. Cooper has achieved so many triumphs . But Mr. T. Scott was already affected by bad ...
... expression . In short , the Author believes his brother would have made himself distinguished in that striking field in which , since that period , Mr. Cooper has achieved so many triumphs . But Mr. T. Scott was already affected by bad ...
Página xviii
... expressed no hesitation on the matter , but affixed my name to the whole of the Novels , and to some besides to which I had no claim . The volumes , therefore , to which the present pages form a Preface are entirely the composition of ...
... expressed no hesitation on the matter , but affixed my name to the whole of the Novels , and to some besides to which I had no claim . The volumes , therefore , to which the present pages form a Preface are entirely the composition of ...
Términos y frases comunes
Albert Albert Lee Alice ancient answered appeared arms army attend Bailie Baron of Bradwardine better betwixt Bletson broadsword called Callum cavalier character Charles Chieftain Church clan Colonel Everard Colonel Talbot command Cromwell danger dear Desborough devil Doctor door Edward eyes father favor fear feelings Fergus Flora followed gentleman Gilbert Pearson give Glennaquoich hand hast hath head heard heart Highland Holdenough honor horse house of Stuart Jacobite Joceline King King's King's Oak lady Lodge look Lord Louis Kerneguy Mac-Ivor manner Markham Everard Master mind never night occasion old knight party passed person Phoebe poor Presbyterian present Prince rapier replied Rochecliffe Rose roundhead Scotland seemed Sir Everard Sir Henry Lee soldiers speak spirit sword tell thee thou thought tion Tomkins Tully-Veolan turned voice Waverley-Honour Waverley's Whig wild Wildrake Woodstock words worthy young Zerubbabel
Pasajes populares
Página 278 - Which being tossed with the air Had force to strike his foe with fear, And turn his weapon from him. Himself he on an ear-wig set, Yet scarce he on his back could get, So oft and high he did curvet Ere he himself could settle. He made him turn, and stop, and bound, To gallop, and to trot the round; He scarce could stand on any ground, He was so full of mettle.
Página 423 - 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, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 61 - 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," asked Waverley, "belong to old Scottish poetry, Miss Bradwardine ?" " I believe not,
Página 283 - Good, to whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassailed.
Página 300 - 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 365 - I was only ganging to say, my Lord,' said Evan, in what he meant to be an insinuating manner, ' that if your excellent honour, and the honourable Court, would let Vich Ian Vohr go free just this once, and let him' gae back to France, and no to trouble King George's government again, that ony six o...
Página 436 - I had written great part of the first volume, and sketched other passages, when I mislaid the MS., and only found it by the merest accident as I was rummaging the drawers of an old cabinet ; and I took the fancy of finishing it, which I did so fast, that the last two volumes were written in three weeks.
Página 389 - There is no European nation, which, within the course of half a century, or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of 1745, — the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs, — the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons, — the total eradication of the Jacobite party, which, averse to intermingle with the English, or adopt their customs, long continued to pride themselves...
Página 123 - Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death, When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath: They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge.
Página 283 - Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? I did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night...