Waverley - Heart of MidlothianRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker & Company London., 1833 |
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... give an Introductory Account of the compositions which are here of- fered to the public , with Notes and Illustrations , the Author , under whose name they are now for the first time collected , feels that he has the delicate task of ...
... give an Introductory Account of the compositions which are here of- fered to the public , with Notes and Illustrations , the Author , under whose name they are now for the first time collected , feels that he has the delicate task of ...
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... give another turn to the style of the work . My early recollections of the Highland scenery and customs made so favourable an impression in the poem called the Lady of the Lake , that I * See the Fragment alluded to , in the Appendix ...
... give another turn to the style of the work . My early recollections of the Highland scenery and customs made so favourable an impression in the poem called the Lady of the Lake , that I * See the Fragment alluded to , in the Appendix ...
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... give little satisfaction to queries on this subject . I have already stated elsewhere , that I can render lit- tle better reason for choosing to remain anony- mous , than by saying with Shylock , that such was my humour . It will be ...
... give little satisfaction to queries on this subject . I have already stated elsewhere , that I can render lit- tle better reason for choosing to remain anony- mous , than by saying with Shylock , that such was my humour . It will be ...
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... give such shall you have , ' swered the moss - trooper , first pointing with his lance to- wards the burned village , and then almost instantly le- velling it against Lord Lacy . The squire drew his sword , and severed at one blow the ...
... give such shall you have , ' swered the moss - trooper , first pointing with his lance to- wards the burned village , and then almost instantly le- velling it against Lord Lacy . The squire drew his sword , and severed at one blow the ...
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... give offence to the powers of the Mountain . He took the bugle with a trembling hand , and blew a feeble note , but loud enough to pro- duce a terrible answer . Thunder rolled in stunning peals through the immense hall ; horses and men ...
... give offence to the powers of the Mountain . He took the bugle with a trembling hand , and blew a feeble note , but loud enough to pro- duce a terrible answer . Thunder rolled in stunning peals through the immense hall ; horses and men ...
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Página 52 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily merrily mingle they, 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.' Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Página 12 - Without being so presumptuous as to hope to emulate the rich humour, pathetic tenderness, and admirable tact, which pervade the works of my accomplished friend, I felt that something might be attempted for my own country of the same kind with that which Miss Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland...
Página 248 - Say then, that he was wise as brave, As wise in thought as bold in deed; For in the principles of things He sought his moral creed. Said generous Rob, " What need of Books ? Burn all the statutes and their shelves ! They stir us up against our kind, And worse, against ourselves.
Página 202 - ... for payment of which you are now prosecuted. The papers relating to the transaction are in the hands of Mr. , a writer, (or attorney,) who is now retired from professional business, and resides at Inveresk, near Edinburgh. He was a person whom I employed on that occasion, for a particular reason, but who never on any other occasion transacted business on my account. It is very possible...
Página 249 - For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can.
Página 202 - When he came there he waited on the gentleman mentioned in the dream, a very old man ; without saying anything of the vision, he inquired whether he remembered having conducted such a matter for his deceased father. The old gentleman could not at first bring the circumstance to his recollection, but, on mention of the Portugal piece of gold, the whole returned upon his memory ; he made an immediate search for the papers, and recovered them ; so that Mr. Rutherford carried to Edinburgh the documents...
Página 202 - Mr. R d awakened in the morning with all the words of the vision imprinted on his mind, and thought it worth while to ride across the country to Inveresk, instead of going straight to Edinburgh. When he came there, he waited on the gentleman mentioned in the dream, a very old man ; without saying anything of the vision, he inquired whether he remembered having conducted such a matter for his deceased father.
Página 114 - ... also by about fifteen dragoons, who stood by him to the last. But after a faint fire, the regiment in general was seized with a panic ; and though their Colonel and some other gallant officers did what they could to rally them once or twice, they at last took a precipitate flight. And just in the moment when Colonel Gardiner seemed to be making a pause to deliberate what duty required him to do in such...
Página 53 - 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 24 - 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 -