Waverley; Or, 'T is Sixty Years Since. Copyright Ed. With the Portraits of the AuthorTauchnitz, 1845 - 483 páginas |
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... English sentinels , that he could hear their muster - roll called . His food was brought to him by one of his daughters , a child of eight years old , whom Mrs. Stewart was under the necessity of intrusting with this commission ; for ...
... English sentinels , that he could hear their muster - roll called . His food was brought to him by one of his daughters , a child of eight years old , whom Mrs. Stewart was under the necessity of intrusting with this commission ; for ...
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... English of the pre- sent day . As for the plunder supposed to have been picked up by some of the insurgents in 1745 , it must be remembered , that although the way of that unfortunate little army was neither marked by devastation nor ...
... English of the pre- sent day . As for the plunder supposed to have been picked up by some of the insurgents in 1745 , it must be remembered , that although the way of that unfortunate little army was neither marked by devastation nor ...
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... English e'en borrow and len ' , Let anger fa ' . Their boasts and bullying , not worth a louse , As our King's the best about the house . ' Tis ay good to be sober and douce , To live in peace ; For many , I see , for being o'er crouse ...
... English e'en borrow and len ' , Let anger fa ' . Their boasts and bullying , not worth a louse , As our King's the best about the house . ' Tis ay good to be sober and douce , To live in peace ; For many , I see , for being o'er crouse ...
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... English history or topo- graphy affords , and elect it at once as the title of my work , and the name of my hero . But , alas ! what could my readers have expected from the chivalrous epithets of Howard , Mordaunt , Mor- timer , or ...
... English history or topo- graphy affords , and elect it at once as the title of my work , and the name of my hero . But , alas ! what could my readers have expected from the chivalrous epithets of Howard , Mordaunt , Mor- timer , or ...
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... English gentleman , of an ancient descent and opulent fortune . His sister , Miss Rachel Waverley , presided at his table ; and they became , by degrees , an old bachelor and an ancient maiden lady , the gentlest and kindest of the ...
... English gentleman , of an ancient descent and opulent fortune . His sister , Miss Rachel Waverley , presided at his table ; and they became , by degrees , an old bachelor and an ancient maiden lady , the gentlest and kindest of 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