Waverley; Or 'Tis Sixty Years Sinceanboco, 25 ago 2016 - 500 páginas It is the time of the Jacobite uprising of 1745 which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart, known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie". A young English dreamer and soldier, Edward Waverley, is sent to Scotland that year. He journeys north from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England, first to the Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the rebellion and its aftermath. |
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... ADVENTURE CHAPTER XXXIX THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED CHAPTER XL AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER XLI THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED UP CHAPTER XLII A SOLDIER'S DINNER CHAPTER XLIII THE BALL CHAPTER XLIV THE MARCH CHAPTER XLV.
... ADVENTURE CHAPTER XXXIX THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED CHAPTER XL AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER XLI THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED UP CHAPTER XLII A SOLDIER'S DINNER CHAPTER XLIII THE BALL CHAPTER XLIV THE MARCH CHAPTER XLV.
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... soldiers was formed on Invernahyle's property, which they spared while plundering the country around, and searching in every direction for the leaders of the insurrection, and for Stewart in particular. He was much nearer them than they ...
... soldiers was formed on Invernahyle's property, which they spared while plundering the country around, and searching in every direction for the leaders of the insurrection, and for Stewart in particular. He was much nearer them than they ...
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... soldiers, who were rather kind to her, and thus seize the moment when she was unobserved and steal into the thicket, when she deposited whatever small store of provisions she had in charge at some marked spot, where her father might ...
... soldiers, who were rather kind to her, and thus seize the moment when she was unobserved and steal into the thicket, when she deposited whatever small store of provisions she had in charge at some marked spot, where her father might ...
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... soldiers at Linton-brig, Because the man was not a Whig, Of meat and drink leave not a skig, Within his door; They burnt his very hat and wig, And thump'd him sore. And through the Highlands they were so rude, As leave them neither ...
... soldiers at Linton-brig, Because the man was not a Whig, Of meat and drink leave not a skig, Within his door; They burnt his very hat and wig, And thump'd him sore. And through the Highlands they were so rude, As leave them neither ...
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... soldier of fortune, a near relation of her own. Sir Everard manifested great emotion on receiving this intelligence, which was confirmed to him, in a private interview, by the young lady herself, although under the most dreadful ...
... soldier of fortune, a near relation of her own. Sir Everard manifested great emotion on receiving this intelligence, which was confirmed to him, in a private interview, by the young lady herself, although under the most dreadful ...
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