Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since ...E.T. Scott, 1821 |
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... tion , since that , short as it is , may be held as pledging the author to some special mode of laying his scene , drawing his characters , and managing his adventures . Had I , for example , announced , in my frontispiece , Waverley ...
... tion , since that , short as it is , may be held as pledging the author to some special mode of laying his scene , drawing his characters , and managing his adventures . Had I , for example , announced , in my frontispiece , Waverley ...
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... tion to both families , although their intercourse was otherwise limited to formal messages and more formal visits . The education of the youth was regulated al- ternately by the taste and opinions of his uncle and of his father . But ...
... tion to both families , although their intercourse was otherwise limited to formal messages and more formal visits . The education of the youth was regulated al- ternately by the taste and opinions of his uncle and of his father . But ...
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... tion of knowledge , would have altogether neglected it , save for the command of a task - master ; and it might have proved equally dangerous to a youth whose ani- mal spirits were more powerful than his imagination or his feelings ...
... tion of knowledge , would have altogether neglected it , save for the command of a task - master ; and it might have proved equally dangerous to a youth whose ani- mal spirits were more powerful than his imagination or his feelings ...
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... tion in the numerous collections of novelle which were brought forth by the genius of that elegant though lux- urious nation , in emulation of the Decameron . In classical literature , Waverley had made the usual pro- gress , and read ...
... tion in the numerous collections of novelle which were brought forth by the genius of that elegant though lux- urious nation , in emulation of the Decameron . In classical literature , Waverley had made the usual pro- gress , and read ...
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... tion than to benefit the understanding . And yet , know- ing much that is known but to few , Edward Waverley might justly be considered as ignorant , since he knew little of what adds dignity to man , and qualifies him to support and ...
... tion than to benefit the understanding . And yet , know- ing much that is known but to few , Edward Waverley might justly be considered as ignorant , since he knew little of what adds dignity to man , and qualifies him to support and ...
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amusement ancient answered appeared arms attended Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine brother Cairnvreckan called Captain Waverley castle cause CHAPTER character chief chieftain clan command curiosity dear distance Donald Bean Lean dress Edward Waverley English Erastian Evan Dhu expressed father favourable feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flora frae Gaelic gentleman Gilfillan glen Glennaquoich guest hand head heard heart hero Highland honour horse house of Stuart Ivor Jacobites king lady laird letter Little Britain look louis-d'or low country Lowland Major Melville manner military mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor morning Morton natural never observed occasion officer party passed person plaid political portmanteau present racter received regiment replied Richard Waverley romantic Rose Roundheads Scotland Scottish seemed sion Sir Everard sister soldier song Stirling Stirling Castle sword thought tion Tully-Veolan verley Vich Ian Vohr village Waver Waverley-Honour Waverley's whig wild wish young youth
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Página 210 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...
Página 168 - Awake on your hills, on your islands awake, Brave sons of the mountain, the frith, and the lake ! 'Tis the bugle — but not for the chase is the call ; Tis the pibroch's shrill summons — but not to the hall. 'Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death, When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath ; They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the...
Página 6 - ... those passions common to men in all stages of society, and which have alike agitated the human heart, whether it throbbed under the steel corslet of the fifteenth century, the...
Página 154 - And just began to bloom his yellow beard. "Whene'er he spoke, his voice was heard around, Loud as a trumpet, with a silver sound : A laurel wreath'd his temples, fresh and green ; And myrtle sprigs, the marks of love, were mix'd between.
Página 38 - ... a flying chariot drawn by hippogriffs, or moved by enchantment. Mine is a humble English post-chaise, drawn upon four wheels, and keeping his Majesty's highway. Such as dislike the vehicle may leave it at the next halt, and wait for the conveyance of Prince Hussein's tapestry, or Malek the Weaver's flying sentry-box.
Página 4 - Waverley, a Romance from the German,' what head so obtuse as not to image forth a profligate abbot, an oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious association of Rosycrucians and Illuminati, with all their properties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical machines, trap-doors, and darklanterns? Or if I had rather chosen to call my work a 'Sentimental Tale...
Página 165 - Highland song would suffer still more from my imperfect translation, were 1 to introduce it without its own wild and appropriate accompaniments. To speak in the poetical language of my country, the seat of the Celtic Muse is in the mist of the secret and solitary hill, and her voice in the murmur of the mountain stream. He who woos her must love the barren rock more than the fertile valley, and the solitude of the desert better than the festivity of the hall.
Página 175 - Mongst craggy cliffs and thunder-battered hills, Hares, hinds, bucks, roes, are chased by men and dogs, Where two hours' hunting fourscore fat deer kills. Lowland, your sports are low as is your seat ; The Highland games and minds are high and great.