Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Since, Volúmenes 1-2S.H. Parker, 1834 |
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... officer of the King's forces , who , scorning to join the flight of all around , remained with his sword in his hand , as if determined to the very last to defend the post assigned to him , the High- land gentleman commanded him to ...
... officer of the King's forces , who , scorning to join the flight of all around , remained with his sword in his hand , as if determined to the very last to defend the post assigned to him , the High- land gentleman commanded him to ...
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... officers of state , and each application was answered by the production of a list , in which Invernahyle ( as the good old gentleman was wont to express it ) appeared " marked with the sign of the beast ! " as a subject unfit for favour ...
... officers of state , and each application was answered by the production of a list , in which Invernahyle ( as the good old gentleman was wont to express it ) appeared " marked with the sign of the beast ! " as a subject unfit for favour ...
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... officer parted with Sir Everard , the affectionate old uncle to whose title and estate he was presumptive heir . A difference in political opinions had early separated the baronet from his youn- ger brother , Richard Waverley , the ...
... officer parted with Sir Everard , the affectionate old uncle to whose title and estate he was presumptive heir . A difference in political opinions had early separated the baronet from his youn- ger brother , Richard Waverley , the ...
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... officer , immediately after this transaction , rose in the army with a rapidity far surpassing the usual pace of unpatronized professional merit , although , to outward appearance , that was all he had to depend upon . The shock which ...
... officer , immediately after this transaction , rose in the army with a rapidity far surpassing the usual pace of unpatronized professional merit , although , to outward appearance , that was all he had to depend upon . The shock which ...
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... officer of the excise , who was afterwards tossed in a blanket on a moonless night , by an association of stout yeomen , for his offi- ciousness . Nay , it was even said , that at the arrest of Sir William Wyndham , the leader of the ...
... officer of the excise , who was afterwards tossed in a blanket on a moonless night , by an association of stout yeomen , for his offi- ciousness . Nay , it was even said , that at the arrest of Sir William Wyndham , the leader of the ...
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ancient answered appeared arms army attended auld Baillie Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine brother called Callum Captain Waverley castle CHAPTER character Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot command dear Donald Bean Lean dress Edinburgh Emma Darcy English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora frae Gay Bowers gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart Jacobites Laird look Lord Lord George Murray Lowland Macwheeble Major Melville manner military mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor morning never night observed occasion officer party passed person Perthshire plaid poor portmanteau present Prince prisoner received regiment rendered replied returned romance Rose Bradwardine Saint Duthac scene Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard soldiers spirit Spontoon sword tartan thought tion Tully-Veolan verley Vich Ian Vohr Waverley-Honour Waverley's whig wish young
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Página 27 - a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can balk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk 1 Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay. By the time this lay was finished, Lord Boteler, with
Página 37 - In sooth, thou wast in very gracious fooling last night, when thou spokest of Pigrogremitus, and of the vapours passing the equinoctials of Quenbus ; 'twas very good, i' faith !" It is entertaining to find commentators seeking to discover some meaning in the
Página 181 - Had Richard unconstrain'd resign'd the throne, A king can give no more than is his own; The title stood entail'd had Richard had a son. You see, my dear Waverley, I can quote poetry as well as Flora and you. But come, clear your moody brow, and trust to me to show
Página 19 - that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn !" At the same time a whirlwind of irresistible fury howled through the long hall, bore the unfortunate horse-jockey clear out of the mouth of the cavern, and precipitated him over a steep bank of loose stones, where the shepherds
Página 156 - on your hills, on your islands awake, Brave sons of the mountain, the frith, and the lake! Tis the bugle—but not for the chase is the call; Tis the pibroch's shrill summons—but not to the hall. Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death, When the banners arc blazing on mountain and heath: They call to the dirk,
Página 215 - red where they were not smutted with soot and lamp-black, jostled through the crowd, and, brandishing high a child of two years old, which she danced in her arms, without regard to its screams of terror, sang forth, with all her might,— " Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling, Charlie is my darling, The young
Página 38 - away, away. The butler was quick, and the ale he did tap, The maidens did make the chamber full gay ; The smith of the town his liquor so took, And I dare boldly be sworn on a book, Such smiths as he there 's but a few. That he was persuaded that the ground
Página 27 - have busy been, Now we come to chant our lay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." We can show the marks he made, 'When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed
Página 154 - martyrs to heaven, Unite with the race of renown'd Rorri More, To launch the long galley, and stretch to the oar. How Mac-Shimei will joy when their chief shall display The yew-crested bonnet o'er tresses of grey! How the race of wrong'd Alpine and murderM
Página 211 - have not the wit to grace mine with a paper coronet ; there would be some satire in that, Edward. I hope they will set it on the Scotch gate though, that I may look, even after death, to the blue hills of my own country, which I love so dearly. The Baron would have added,