Waverley; Or, 'T is Sixty Years Since. Copyright Ed. With the Portraits of the AuthorTauchnitz, 1845 - 483 páginas |
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... respecting the Knight of the Mirror , may be quoted as good evidence . * * A homely metrical narrative of the events of the period , which con- tains some striking particulars , and is still a great favourite with the lower classes ...
... respecting the Knight of the Mirror , may be quoted as good evidence . * * A homely metrical narrative of the events of the period , which con- tains some striking particulars , and is still a great favourite with the lower classes ...
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... respect his acquaintance with Italian opened him yet a wider range . He had perused the numerous romantic poems , which , from the days of Pulci , have been a favourite exercise of the wits of Italy , and had sought gratification in the ...
... respect his acquaintance with Italian opened him yet a wider range . He had perused the numerous romantic poems , which , from the days of Pulci , have been a favourite exercise of the wits of Italy , and had sought gratification in the ...
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... respecting Edward , than that he was of a very bookish turn , and probably destined to be a bishop . If he could have discovered , and analyzed his son's waking dreams , he would have formed a very different conclusion . CHAPTER IV ...
... respecting Edward , than that he was of a very bookish turn , and probably destined to be a bishop . If he could have discovered , and analyzed his son's waking dreams , he would have formed a very different conclusion . CHAPTER IV ...
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... respecting hereditary right were fallen into a sort of abeyance . Yet it jarred severely upon his feelings , that his nephew should go into the army under the Brunswick dynasty ; and the more so , as , independent of his high and ...
... respecting hereditary right were fallen into a sort of abeyance . Yet it jarred severely upon his feelings , that his nephew should go into the army under the Brunswick dynasty ; and the more so , as , independent of his high and ...
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... respects and make his acknowledgments at Waverley - Honour . A congenial passion for field - sports , and a general coincidence in political opinions , cemented his friendship with Sir Everard , not- withstanding the difference of their ...
... respects and make his acknowledgments at Waverley - Honour . A congenial passion for field - sports , and a general coincidence in political opinions , cemented his friendship with Sir Everard , not- withstanding the difference of their ...
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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