Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Since, Volúmenes 1-2S.H. Parker, 1834 |
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... returned more than once to the tale which I had actually commenced , and accident at length threw the lost sheets in my way . I happened to want some fishing - tackle for the use of a guest , when it occurred to me to search the old ...
... returned more than once to the tale which I had actually commenced , and accident at length threw the lost sheets in my way . I happened to want some fishing - tackle for the use of a guest , when it occurred to me to search the old ...
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... returning from a pleasure voyage , I found Waverley in the zenith of popularity , and public curiosity in full cry after the name of the author . The knowledge that I had the public approbation , was like having the property of a hidden ...
... returning from a pleasure voyage , I found Waverley in the zenith of popularity , and public curiosity in full cry after the name of the author . The knowledge that I had the public approbation , was like having the property of a hidden ...
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... returned an equivocating answer , ―or , finally , must have stoutly and boldly denied the fact . The first was a sacrifice which I conceive no one had a right to force from me , since I alone was concerned in the matter . The ...
... returned an equivocating answer , ―or , finally , must have stoutly and boldly denied the fact . The first was a sacrifice which I conceive no one had a right to force from me , since I alone was concerned in the matter . The ...
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... returned . " The knight endeavoured to expostulate with the fugitives , who were chiefly aged men , women , and children ; but their dread of the English name accelerated their flight , and in a few minutes , excepting the knight and ...
... returned . " The knight endeavoured to expostulate with the fugitives , who were chiefly aged men , women , and children ; but their dread of the English name accelerated their flight , and in a few minutes , excepting the knight and ...
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... returned to the castle . The distance was , however , considerable , and , before reaching it , they had another alarm . The prickers , who rode foremost in the troop , halted , and announced to the Lord Boteler , that they perceived ...
... returned to the castle . The distance was , however , considerable , and , before reaching it , they had another alarm . The prickers , who rode foremost in the troop , halted , and announced to the Lord Boteler , that they perceived ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient answered appeared arms army attended auld Baillie Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine brother called 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 Fergus's Flora frae Gay Bowers gentleman Gilfillan glen Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart Jacobites Lady 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 Prince prisoner received regiment rendered replied returned romance Rose Bradwardine scene Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard soldiers spirit Spontoon sword thought tion Tully-Veolan verley Vich Ian Vohr WAVERLEY NOVELS 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 209 - 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,