Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes..James Ballantyne and Company, 1814 - 371 páginas |
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... thought of it since infancy , as the most august privilege and ceremony in the world ; and I doubt not but the ex- pected pleasure of performing it was a principal motive with him for taking up arms . Depend upon it , had I endeavour ...
... thought of it since infancy , as the most august privilege and ceremony in the world ; and I doubt not but the ex- pected pleasure of performing it was a principal motive with him for taking up arms . Depend upon it , had I endeavour ...
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... thought Colonel Talbot had been abroad . " " I am just returned ; and being in Scot- land , thought it my duty to act , where my services promised to be useful . Yes , Mr Waverley , I am that Colonel Talbot , the husband 20 WAVERLEY .
... thought Colonel Talbot had been abroad . " " I am just returned ; and being in Scot- land , thought it my duty to act , where my services promised to be useful . Yes , Mr Waverley , I am that Colonel Talbot , the husband 20 WAVERLEY .
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... thought , that benevolence might itself not have thought or spoken . I found this man in confinement , rendered harsher to him by his habits of life , his natural dignity of feeling , and - forgive me , Mr Waverley , - by the cause ...
... thought , that benevolence might itself not have thought or spoken . I found this man in confinement , rendered harsher to him by his habits of life , his natural dignity of feeling , and - forgive me , Mr Waverley , - by the cause ...
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... thought Waverley to him . self when he had perused this long and grave document , " how very tolerably would all this sound , and how little should I have thought of connecting it with any ludicrous idea ! Well , after all , every thing ...
... thought Waverley to him . self when he had perused this long and grave document , " how very tolerably would all this sound , and how little should I have thought of connecting it with any ludicrous idea ! Well , after all , every thing ...
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... thoughts and hopes at least at liberty , if not my speech . But have you never examined your mysterious packet ? " " It is in my baggage ; we shall find it in Edinburgh . " In Edinburgh they soon arrived . Wa- verley's quarters had been ...
... thoughts and hopes at least at liberty , if not my speech . But have you never examined your mysterious packet ? " " It is in my baggage ; we shall find it in Edinburgh . " In Edinburgh they soon arrived . Wa- verley's quarters had been ...
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Alick answered arms auld Baillie Baron of Bradwardine battle of Preston Bodach Bradwar caliga called Captain Butler Carlisle Carlisle Castle castle CHAPTER Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot Common Moor court Davie dear Donald dragoons Duchran Duke of Cumberland Edinburgh Edward Waverley English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Fergus's Flora gentleman Glennaquoich hand happy heard Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart inclosures Ivor Jacobites Janet Lady Emily laird leave letter look Maccombich Macwheeble ment military mind Miss Bradwardine morning never night Nosebag party pass person poor Prince prisoner puir quarrel reader regiment Rose Bradwardine Royal Highness Scotland seemed shewed sion Sir Everard soldiers soon spirit Spontoon Stanley stood suppose tell thing thought tion troop Tully-Veolan turn verley Vich Ian Vohr ward wardine Waver Waverley-Honour Waverley's whilk wish words young
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Página 363 - 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 280 - So choosing solitary to abide Far from all neighbours, that her devilish deeds, And hellish arts, from people she might hide, And hurt far off, unknown, whomsoever she espied.
Página 298 - Saxon gentlemen are laughing," he said, "because a poor man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian Vohr, it's like enough they may be very right ; but if they laugh because they think I would not keep my word, and come back to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of a Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman.
Página 361 - The effects of the insurrection of 1 745, — 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...