Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Volumen 2J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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... young Chieftain , had given him a considerable ascendency over the mind of Waverley .. Endowed with at least equal powers of understanding , and with much finer ge- nius , Edward yet stooped to the bold and decisive activity of an ...
... young Chieftain , had given him a considerable ascendency over the mind of Waverley .. Endowed with at least equal powers of understanding , and with much finer ge- nius , Edward yet stooped to the bold and decisive activity of an ...
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... young women at my period of life ; and I dare hardly touch upon what I think the na ture of yours , lest . I should give offence where I would willingly administer con- solation . For myself , from my infancy till this day , I have had ...
... young women at my period of life ; and I dare hardly touch upon what I think the na ture of yours , lest . I should give offence where I would willingly administer con- solation . For myself , from my infancy till this day , I have had ...
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... because you have met a young wo- man possessed of the usual accomplish- ments , in a sequestered and romantic situ- ation . Let your part in this great and pe rilous drama rest upon conviction , and not upon a 8 72 WAVERLEY . - ...
... because you have met a young wo- man possessed of the usual accomplish- ments , in a sequestered and romantic situ- ation . Let your part in this great and pe rilous drama rest upon conviction , and not upon a 8 72 WAVERLEY . - ...
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... Young and old then min- gled in the dance as they could find part- ners . The appearance of Waverley did not interrupt David's exercise , though he contrived , by grinning , nodding , and throwing one or two inclinations of the body ...
... Young and old then min- gled in the dance as they could find part- ners . The appearance of Waverley did not interrupt David's exercise , though he contrived , by grinning , nodding , and throwing one or two inclinations of the body ...
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... young woman ; and the time was wasted in castle building until , at the descent of a steep hill , he saw beneath him the market - town of The Highland politeness of Callum Beg there are few nations , by the way , that can boast of so ...
... young woman ; and the time was wasted in castle building until , at the descent of a steep hill , he saw beneath him the market - town of The Highland politeness of Callum Beg there are few nations , by the way , that can boast of so ...
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Página 77 - 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 343 - English dialect by the equally well-distinguished voice of the commanding officer, for whom he had once felt so much respect. It was at that instant, that, looking around him, he saw the wild dress and appearance of his Highland associates, heard their whispers in an uncouth and unknown language, looked upon his own dress, so unlike that which he had worn from his infancy, and wished to awake from what seemed at the moment a dream, strange, horrible, and unnatural.
Página 255 - ... side, he was irresistibly attracted to the cause which the prejudices of education, and the political principles of his family, had already recommended as the most just. These thoughts rushed through his mind like a torrent, sweeping before them every consideration of an opposite tendency, — the time, besides, admitted of no deliberation , — and Waverley, kneeling to Charles Edward, devoted his heart and sword to the vindication of his rights...
Página 3 - Mongst craggy cliffs and thunder-battered hills, Hares, hinds, bucks, roes, are chased by men and dogs, Where two hours' hunting fourscore fat deer kills. Lowland, your sports are low as is your seat; The Highland games and minds are high and great.