Waverley; Or, 'T is Sixty Years Since. Copyright Ed. With the Portraits of the AuthorTauchnitz, 1845 - 483 páginas |
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... present , to a protection for Stewart's house , wife , children , and property . This was also refused by the Duke ; on which Colonel Whitefoord , taking his commission from his bosom , laid it on the table before his Royal Highness ...
... present , to a protection for Stewart's house , wife , children , and property . This was also refused by the Duke ; on which Colonel Whitefoord , taking his commission from his bosom , laid it on the table before his Royal Highness ...
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... present at least , it must remain uncertain , whether WAVERLEY be the work of a poet or a critic , a lawyer or a clergyman , or whether the writer , to use Mrs. Malaprop's phrase , be , " like Cerberus three gentlemen at once . " The ...
... present at least , it must remain uncertain , whether WAVERLEY be the work of a poet or a critic , a lawyer or a clergyman , or whether the writer , to use Mrs. Malaprop's phrase , be , " like Cerberus three gentlemen at once . " The ...
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... present 1st November , 1805 , I would have my readers understand , that they will meet in the following pages neither a romance of chi- valry , nor a tale of modern manners ; that my hero will neither have iron on his shoulders , as of ...
... present 1st November , 1805 , I would have my readers understand , that they will meet in the following pages neither a romance of chi- valry , nor a tale of modern manners ; that my hero will neither have iron on his shoulders , as of ...
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... present day . * Upon these passions it is no doubt true that the state of manners and laws casts a necessary colouring ; but the bearings , to use the language of heraldry , remain the same , though the tincture may be not only ...
... present day . * Upon these passions it is no doubt true that the state of manners and laws casts a necessary colouring ; but the bearings , to use the language of heraldry , remain the same , though the tincture may be not only ...
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... present state of things was calculated to exhibit the reality of those visions in which he loved to indulge , that he dreaded nothing more than the detection of such sentiments as were dictated by his musings . He neither had nor wished ...
... present state of things was calculated to exhibit the reality of those visions in which he loved to indulge , that he dreaded nothing more than the detection of such sentiments as were dictated by his musings . He neither had nor wished ...
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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