Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's Final Corrections, Notes, &c, Volumen 12S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey, 1852 |
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... Yellowley , they did full justice to her propriety of conduct , and Deilbelicket's delicacy of taste , Meantime young Triptolemus , having received such instructions as the curate could give him , ( for though Dame Yellowley adhered to ...
... Yellowley , they did full justice to her propriety of conduct , and Deilbelicket's delicacy of taste , Meantime young Triptolemus , having received such instructions as the curate could give him , ( for though Dame Yellowley adhered to ...
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... Yellowley , and deemed him , in so far , worthy of a name of four syllables having a Latin termination , yet he rel- ished not , by any means , his exclusive attention to his favourite authors . It savoured of the earth , he said , if ...
... Yellowley , and deemed him , in so far , worthy of a name of four syllables having a Latin termination , yet he rel- ished not , by any means , his exclusive attention to his favourite authors . It savoured of the earth , he said , if ...
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... Yellowley had been shaken out of the bag at least a hundred years too soon . If he had come on the stage in our own time , that is , if he had flourished at any time within these thirty or forty years , he could not have missed to have ...
... Yellowley had been shaken out of the bag at least a hundred years too soon . If he had come on the stage in our own time , that is , if he had flourished at any time within these thirty or forty years , he could not have missed to have ...
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... Yellowley . She was up early , and down late , and seemed , to her over - watched and over - tasked maidens , to be as wakerife as the cat herself . Then , for eating , it appeared that the air was a banquet to her , and she would fain ...
... Yellowley . She was up early , and down late , and seemed , to her over - watched and over - tasked maidens , to be as wakerife as the cat herself . Then , for eating , it appeared that the air was a banquet to her , and she would fain ...
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... Yellowley con- ceived himself to be possessed of a degree of insight into these mysteries , far superior to what was possessed or prac- tised even in the Mearns . The improvement , therefore , which was to be expected , would bear a ...
... Yellowley con- ceived himself to be possessed of a degree of insight into these mysteries , far superior to what was possessed or prac- tised even in the Mearns . The improvement , therefore , which was to be expected , would bear a ...
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Página 187 - Goes on to sea, and knows not to retire. With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Página 119 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 235 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 194 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 31 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes, Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 60 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history...
Página 162 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With...