Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Volumen 3J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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... Chieftain of Glennaquoich and his friend Edward Waverley . He found the former busied in determining disputes among his clansmen about points of precedence and deeds of valour , besides sundry high and doubtful questions concerning ...
... Chieftain of Glennaquoich and his friend Edward Waverley . He found the former busied in determining disputes among his clansmen about points of precedence and deeds of valour , besides sundry high and doubtful questions concerning ...
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... chieftain , on the madness of reviving a quarrel in such a moment . 66 " The ground is cumbered with carca- ses , " said the old mountaineer , turning sullenly away ; one more would hardly have been ken'd upon it , and if it was na for ...
... chieftain , on the madness of reviving a quarrel in such a moment . 66 " The ground is cumbered with carca- ses , " said the old mountaineer , turning sullenly away ; one more would hardly have been ken'd upon it , and if it was na for ...
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... I should doubt it very much , " said the Chieftain , looking around on the strag- gling Highlanders , who were returning , loaded with spoils of the slain , " though . the res vestiaria itself seems to be in some request WAVERLEY .. 11.
... I should doubt it very much , " said the Chieftain , looking around on the strag- gling Highlanders , who were returning , loaded with spoils of the slain , " though . the res vestiaria itself seems to be in some request WAVERLEY .. 11.
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... Chieftain , was in quest of the officer whose life he had sa- ved . He was guarded along with his com- panions in misfortune , who were very nu- merous , in a gentleman's house near the field of battle . Upon entering the room , where ...
... Chieftain , was in quest of the officer whose life he had sa- ved . He was guarded along with his com- panions in misfortune , who were very nu- merous , in a gentleman's house near the field of battle . Upon entering the room , where ...
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... Chieftain of Glennaquoich . Added to this , he was a man of extended knowledge and cultivated taste , although strongly tinged , as we have already ob- served , with those prejudices which are peculiarly English . The character of ...
... Chieftain of Glennaquoich . Added to this , he was a man of extended knowledge and cultivated taste , although strongly tinged , as we have already ob- served , with those prejudices which are peculiarly English . The character of ...
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Página 119 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Página 365 - There is no European nation, which, within the course of half a century, or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of 1745, — the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs, — the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons, — the total eradication of the Jacobite party, which, averse to intermingle with the English, or adopt their customs, long continued to pride themselves...
Página 283 - There in a gloomy hollow glen she found A little cottage, built of stickes and reedes In homely wize, and ,wald with sods around...
Página 65 - Bond- street loungers. The fact is, that though the effect was felt, the cause could hardly be observed. Each of the ladies, like two excellent actresses, were perfect in their parts, and performed them to the delight of the audience ; and such being the case, it was almost impossible to discover that the elder constantly ceded to her friend that which was most suitable to her talents.
Página 359 - It was a large and spirited painting, representing Fergus MacIvor and Waverley in their Highland dress, the scene a wild, rocky, and mountainous pass, down which the clan were descending in the background.
Página 366 - ... who still cherished a lingering, though hopeless, attachment to the house' of Stuart. This race has now almost entirely vanished from the land, and with it, doubtless, much absurd political prejudice; but also many living examples of singular and disinterested attachment to the principles of loyalty which they received from their fathers, and of old Scottish faith, hospitality, worth, and honour.
Página 359 - Highland dress, the scene a wild, rocky, and mountainous pass, down which the clan were descending in the back-ground. It was' taken from a spirited sketch, drawn while they were in Edinburgh by a young man of high genius, and had been painted on a full-length scale by an eminent London artist. Raeburn himself, (whose Highland Chiefs...