Waverley. WoodstockAldine - 894 páginas |
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Página vii
... person singular , he proceeds in the second paragraph to make use of the first . But it appears to him that the seeming modesty connected with the former mode of writing is overbalanced by the inconvenience of stiffness and affectation ...
... person singular , he proceeds in the second paragraph to make use of the first . But it appears to him that the seeming modesty connected with the former mode of writing is overbalanced by the inconvenience of stiffness and affectation ...
Página xvii
... person whom it principally regarded ; as among all the rumors that were current there was only one , and that as unfounded as the others , which had nevertheless some alliance to probability , and indeed might have proved in some degree ...
... person whom it principally regarded ; as among all the rumors that were current there was only one , and that as unfounded as the others , which had nevertheless some alliance to probability , and indeed might have proved in some degree ...
Página 33
... person he was tall , handsome , and active , thought somewhat advanced in life . In his early years , he had been what is called , by manner of palliative , a very gay young man , and strange stories were circulated about his sudden ...
... person he was tall , handsome , and active , thought somewhat advanced in life . In his early years , he had been what is called , by manner of palliative , a very gay young man , and strange stories were circulated about his sudden ...
Página 45
... person , who , summoned by David Gellatley , now appeared , " on hospitable thoughts intent , " clearing the ground at a prodigious rate with swift and long strides , which reminded Waverley of the seven - league boots of the nursery ...
... person , who , summoned by David Gellatley , now appeared , " on hospitable thoughts intent , " clearing the ground at a prodigious rate with swift and long strides , which reminded Waverley of the seven - league boots of the nursery ...
Página 48
... , but both have produced persons eminent in the law . " - As such he described them by person and name , They enter'd , and dinner was served as they came . CHAPTER ELEVENTH . THE BANQUET . THE entertainment was ample 48 WAVERLEY .
... , but both have produced persons eminent in the law . " - As such he described them by person and name , They enter'd , and dinner was served as they came . CHAPTER ELEVENTH . THE BANQUET . THE entertainment was ample 48 WAVERLEY .
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...