Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years SinceWaverley book Company, 1898 |
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... young ladies , his taste unfortunately determined him in favor of Lady Emily , the youngest , who received his attentions with an embarrassment which showed at once that she durst not decline them , and that they afforded her anything ...
... young ladies , his taste unfortunately determined him in favor of Lady Emily , the youngest , who received his attentions with an embarrassment which showed at once that she durst not decline them , and that they afforded her anything ...
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... young hero , who was permitted to seek his instruction only according to the bent of his own mind , and who , of consequence , only sought it so long as it afforded him amusement , the indul- gence of his tutors was attended with evil ...
... young hero , who was permitted to seek his instruction only according to the bent of his own mind , and who , of consequence , only sought it so long as it afforded him amusement , the indul- gence of his tutors was attended with evil ...
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... young gentleman of such hope- ful prospects should travel on the Continent with a tutor doubtless of his uncle's choosing , and directing his course by his instructions . What might Mr. Edward Waverley's society be at Paris , what at ...
... young gentleman of such hope- ful prospects should travel on the Continent with a tutor doubtless of his uncle's choosing , and directing his course by his instructions . What might Mr. Edward Waverley's society be at Paris , what at ...
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... young fellows from my estate , who have enlisted in your troop , had been to march with you on your journey to Scotland . It would have been something , at least ; but I am told their attendance would be thought unusual in these days ...
... young fellows from my estate , who have enlisted in your troop , had been to march with you on your journey to Scotland . It would have been something , at least ; but I am told their attendance would be thought unusual in these days ...
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... young man so little accusto.ned to the world . After a short visit to London , he proceeded on horseback , then the general mode of travelling , to Edinburgh , and from thence to Dundee , a seaport on the eastern coast of Angus - shire ...
... young man so little accusto.ned to the world . After a short visit to London , he proceeded on horseback , then the general mode of travelling , to Edinburgh , and from thence to Dundee , a seaport on the eastern coast of Angus - shire ...
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answered appeared arms attended auld Bailie Baron Bradwardine Brown called Callum Captain Waverley castle CHAPTER character Charles Hazlewood Chieftain circumstances clan Colonel Mannering Colonel Talbot command dear deyvil Dinmont Dirk Dominie door Edinburgh Edward Ellangowan Evan eyes father favor feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora followed frae gentleman Glennaquoich Glossin Guy Mannering gypsey hand Hatteraick head heard hero Highland honor hope horse house of Stuart Jacobites Julia lady Laird letter Liddesdale look Lucy Mac-Morlan Macwheeble maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning never night observed occasion party person Pleydell poor portmanteau prisoner rendered replied returned Rose Sampson scene Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard Sir Robert Spontoon stranger supposed tell there's thought tion Tully-Veolan turned Vich Ian Vohr voice wardine Waverley-Honor Waverley's weel Whig wish Woodbourne young Hazlewood
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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.