Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Volumen 3J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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... day under the in- fluence of feelings I rarely give way to , I hope you will excuse my entering again upon controversy , till we are somewhat better acquainted . " ' CHAPTER IV . Intrigues of Love and Politics . WAVERLEY .. 41.
... day under the in- fluence of feelings I rarely give way to , I hope you will excuse my entering again upon controversy , till we are somewhat better acquainted . " ' CHAPTER IV . Intrigues of Love and Politics . WAVERLEY .. 41.
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... hope that his own talents were to be employed in some intrigue of consequence , under the auspices of this wealthy young Englishman . Nor was he undeceived by Waverley's neglecting all hints and openings afforded for explana- tion . His ...
... hope that his own talents were to be employed in some intrigue of consequence , under the auspices of this wealthy young Englishman . Nor was he undeceived by Waverley's neglecting all hints and openings afforded for explana- tion . His ...
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... that Ro- meo's love , supposing him a reasonable being , could continue without hope , the poet has , with great art , seized the mo- ment when he was reduced actually to despair , to throw in his way an object more 92 WAVERLEY .
... that Ro- meo's love , supposing him a reasonable being , could continue without hope , the poet has , with great art , seized the mo- ment when he was reduced actually to despair , to throw in his way an object more 92 WAVERLEY .
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... hope , or that the lover must become fickle if the lady is cruel ? O fie ! I did not ex- pect such an unsentimental conclusion . " " A lover , my dear Lady Betty , may , I conceive , persevere in his suit under very discouraging ...
... hope , or that the lover must become fickle if the lady is cruel ? O fie ! I did not ex- pect such an unsentimental conclusion . " " A lover , my dear Lady Betty , may , I conceive , persevere in his suit under very discouraging ...
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... hope , but not altogether without it . " " It will be just like Duncan MacGir- die's mare , " said Evan , " if your ladyships please ; he wanted to use her by degrees to live without meat , and just as he had put her on a straw a - day ...
... hope , but not altogether without it . " " It will be just like Duncan MacGir- die's mare , " said Evan , " if your ladyships please ; he wanted to use her by degrees to live without meat , and just as he had put her on a straw a - day ...
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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...