Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years SinceWaverley book Company, 1898 |
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Página viii
... perhaps be either graceful or prudent . In this particular he runs the risk of presenting himself to the pub- lic in the relation that the dumb wife in the jest - book held to her husband , when , having spent half of his fortune to ...
... perhaps be either graceful or prudent . In this particular he runs the risk of presenting himself to the pub- lic in the relation that the dumb wife in the jest - book held to her husband , when , having spent half of his fortune to ...
Página x
... perhaps erroneous , however natural , permitted to select my subjects of study at my own pleasure , upon the same principle that the humors of children are indulged to keep them out of mischief . As my taste and appetite were gratified ...
... perhaps erroneous , however natural , permitted to select my subjects of study at my own pleasure , upon the same principle that the humors of children are indulged to keep them out of mischief . As my taste and appetite were gratified ...
Página xvi
... Perhaps the curiosity of the public , irritated by the existence of a secret , and kept afloat by the discussions which took place on the subject from time to time , went a good way to maintain an unabated interest in these frequent ...
... Perhaps the curiosity of the public , irritated by the existence of a secret , and kept afloat by the discussions which took place on the subject from time to time , went a good way to maintain an unabated interest in these frequent ...
Página xxvi
... perhaps its frivolity ) which prevents its finding an acknowledged father , leaves it to the candor of the public to choose among the many circumstances peculiar to different situations in life such as may induce him to sup- 99 * In ...
... perhaps its frivolity ) which prevents its finding an acknowledged father , leaves it to the candor of the public to choose among the many circumstances peculiar to different situations in life such as may induce him to sup- 99 * In ...
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... the sea of books like a vessel without a pilot or a rudder . Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading , es- pecially under such opportunities of gratifying it . I believe 14 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
... the sea of books like a vessel without a pilot or a rudder . Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading , es- pecially under such opportunities of gratifying it . I believe 14 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
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Página 94 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 19 - They live no longer in the faith of reason! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend...
Página 323 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Página 33 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Página 431 - The gradual influx of wealth, and extension of commerce, have since united to render the present people of Scotland a class of beings as different from their grandfathers, as the existing English are from those of Queen Elizabeth's time.
Página 39 - In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days ; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Página 88 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Página 22 - ... that more common aberration from sound judgment, which apprehends occurrences indeed in their reality, but communicates to them a tincture of its own romantic tone and colouring.
Página 432 - Gaelic) to reside, during my childhood and youth, among persons of the above description ; and now, for the purpose of preserving some idea of the ancient manners of which I have witnessed the almost total extinction, I have embodied in imaginary scenes, and ascribed to fictitious characters, a part of the incidents which I then received from those who were actors in them. Indeed, the most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a foundation in fact.
Página 108 - there is nothing in Perthshire that she need want, if she ask her father to fetch it,, unless it be too hot or too heavy." " But to be the daughter of a cattle-stealer — a common thief!" " Common thief I — no such thing : Donald Bean Lean never lifted less than a drove in his life.