Waverley; Or, 'T is Sixty Years Since. Copyright Ed. With the Portraits of the AuthorTauchnitz, 1845 - 483 páginas |
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... chief , Unhumanly ! Like Popish tortures , I believe , Such cruelty . Ev'n what was act on open stage At Carlisle , in the hottest rage , When mercy was clapt in a cage , And pity dead , Such cruelty approv'd by every age , I shook my ...
... chief , Unhumanly ! Like Popish tortures , I believe , Such cruelty . Ev'n what was act on open stage At Carlisle , in the hottest rage , When mercy was clapt in a cage , And pity dead , Such cruelty approv'd by every age , I shook my ...
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... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from overrunning his game , that is , from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the instructor had to combat ...
... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from overrunning his game , that is , from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the instructor had to combat ...
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... chief favourites ; and from those of Brantome and De la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose yet superstitious character of the nobles of the League , with the stern , rigid , and sometimes turbulent disposition of the Huguenot ...
... chief favourites ; and from those of Brantome and De la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose yet superstitious character of the nobles of the League , with the stern , rigid , and sometimes turbulent disposition of the Huguenot ...
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... chief pleasure of his own youthful days . But although Edward eagerly carried the gun for one season , yet when practice had given him some dexterity , the pastime ceased to afford him amusement . In the succeeding spring , the perusal ...
... chief pleasure of his own youthful days . But although Edward eagerly carried the gun for one season , yet when practice had given him some dexterity , the pastime ceased to afford him amusement . In the succeeding spring , the perusal ...
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... chief of which was a predominant , anxious , and even solemn impression , that he was now in a great measure abandoned to his own guidance and direction , Edward Waverley departed from the Hall amid the blessings and tears of all the ...
... chief of which was a predominant , anxious , and even solemn impression , that he was now in a great measure abandoned to his own guidance and direction , Edward Waverley departed from the Hall amid the blessings and tears of all the ...
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ancient answered appeared arms army attended auld Bailie Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine broadsword Cairnvreckan caliga called Callum Beg Captain Waverley Castle Caterans CHAPTER character Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot command dear Donald Bean Lean dragoons Edinburgh Edward Waverley English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Fergus's Flora frae Gellatley gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse house of Stewart Jacobite lady Laird letter look Lord George Murray louis-d'or Lowland Maccombich Macwheeble Major Melville manner military mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor morning never Nicholas Amhurst night observed occasion officer party passed person Perthshire plaid poor portmanteau Prince prisoner received regiment rendered replied returned Rose Bradwardine Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard soldiers Spontoon sword tartan thought tion Tully-Veolan Vich Ian Vohr Waverley-Honour Waverley's Whig wish words young