I must modestly admit I am too diffident of my own merit to place it in unnecessary opposition to preconceived associations ; I have, therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing... Waverley or 'tis sixty years since - Página 1de Walter Scott - 1896Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Walter Scott - 1821 - 308 páginas
...knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing -.vith its sound little of good or evil, excepting what the reader shall be hereafter pleased to affix to it. But my second, or supplemental title, was a matter of much more... | |
| 1829 - 660 páginas
...associations; I have, therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound little...reader shall hereafter be pleased to affix to it." Let every reader answer the question to himself—What ideas does he now affix to that sound ? We cannot... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 880 páginas
...his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVEBLEY, on uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound httle as the first in the country. Do they come in the auld chaise?" " I dare af£1 to it. But my second or supplemental title was a mutter of much more difficult election, since... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 páginas
...associations ¡ I have, therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed fur my hero, WAVEBLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound little of good or evil, e^ccepting what the reader shall hereafter be pleased to affix to it. But my second or supplemental... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 712 páginas
...knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVIBUIÏ, an uncontaminated name, bearing with ils sound little of good or evil, excepting what the reader...affix to it. But my second or supplemental title was l matter of much more difficult election, since that »hört as it is, may be held as pledging the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - 704 páginas
...knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing with ils sound little of good or evil, excepting what the reader...affix to it. But my second or supplemental title was » matter of much more difficult election, since that, short ae it is, may be held as pledging the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 604 páginas
...have therefore, like a maiden 1* VOL. 1. knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEr, an uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound little...to affix to it. But my second or supplemental title wag a matter of much more difficult election, since that, short as it is, may he held as pledging the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862 - 876 páginas
...associations ; I have, therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound little...pleased to affix to it. But my second or supplemental tide was a matter of much more difficult election, since that, short as it is, may be held as pledging... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1870 - 544 páginas
...associations ; I have, therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound little...pledging the author to some special mode of laying hiii scene, drawing his characters, and managing his adventures. Had I, for example, announced in my... | |
| Walter Scott - 1899 - 484 páginas
...associations : I have therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, WAVERLEY, an uncontaminated name, bearing with its sound little...short as it is, may be held as pledging the author to s^me special mode of laying his scene, drawing his characters, and managing his adventures. Had I,... | |
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