Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Volumen 3J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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... wish to heaven I had recommended him . to attend the circle this evening with at boot - ketch under his arm . I think he might have adopted the suggestion , if it had been made with suitable gravity . " " And how can you take pleasure ...
... wish to heaven I had recommended him . to attend the circle this evening with at boot - ketch under his arm . I think he might have adopted the suggestion , if it had been made with suitable gravity . " " And how can you take pleasure ...
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... wish you to be mine , there cannot be a more fair propo- sal . But , as I spoke to - 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 ...
... wish you to be mine , there cannot be a more fair propo- sal . But , as I spoke to - 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 ...
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... wish me joy of the success which I securely anticipate . " The morrow came , and in the Chief's apartment he found Ensign Maccombich waiting to make report of his turn of duty in a sort of ditch which they had dug across the Castle ...
... wish me joy of the success which I securely anticipate . " The morrow came , and in the Chief's apartment he found Ensign Maccombich waiting to make report of his turn of duty in a sort of ditch which they had dug across the Castle ...
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... wish to God , " he said , " the old den would tumble down upon the heads of the fools who attack , and the knaves who defend it . I see , Waverley , you think I am mad , —leave us , Evan , but be within call . " L " The Colonel's in an ...
... wish to God , " he said , " the old den would tumble down upon the heads of the fools who attack , and the knaves who defend it . I see , Waverley , you think I am mad , —leave us , Evan , but be within call . " L " The Colonel's in an ...
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... wish he may be weel , -the very veins on his brent brow are swelled like whip - cord ; wad he no tak something ? " " He usually lets blood for these fits , " answered the Highland Ancient with great composure . When his officer left the ...
... wish he may be weel , -the very veins on his brent brow are swelled like whip - cord ; wad he no tak something ? " " He usually lets blood for these fits , " answered the Highland Ancient with great composure . When his officer left the ...
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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...