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Pagina 32
... cavalry- the very counterpart of his own plot - and summed up with a ' Go thou and do likewise , ' from that loyal subject , and most safe and peaceable character , Fergus Mac - Ivor of Glennaquoich , Vich Ian Vohr , and so forth . And ...
... cavalry- the very counterpart of his own plot - and summed up with a ' Go thou and do likewise , ' from that loyal subject , and most safe and peaceable character , Fergus Mac - Ivor of Glennaquoich , Vich Ian Vohr , and so forth . And ...
Pagina 83
... ) for the use of the sword . The men , however , were stout , hardy - looking fellows , and might be indivi- dually formidable as irregular cavalry . The commander The of this small party was mounted upon an excellent hunter WAVERLEY 83.
... ) for the use of the sword . The men , however , were stout , hardy - looking fellows , and might be indivi- dually formidable as irregular cavalry . The commander The of this small party was mounted upon an excellent hunter WAVERLEY 83.
Pagina 89
... cavalry round the base of the castle , commanded his trumpet to sound a flourish , and his standard to be displayed . This insult produced apparently some sensation ; for when the cavalcade was at such distance from the southern battery ...
... cavalry round the base of the castle , commanded his trumpet to sound a flourish , and his standard to be displayed . This insult produced apparently some sensation ; for when the cavalcade was at such distance from the southern battery ...
Pagina 100
... cavalry , it will be safest to fall back towards the mountains , and there protract the war until fresh succours arrive from France , and the whole body of the Highland clans shall have taken arms in our favour . The opposite opinion ...
... cavalry , it will be safest to fall back towards the mountains , and there protract the war until fresh succours arrive from France , and the whole body of the Highland clans shall have taken arms in our favour . The opposite opinion ...
Pagina 118
... learned author calls the caisse militaire , mair difficult to come by than either its flesh , blood , or bones . " " What ! have you raised our only efficient body of cavalry , and got ye none of the louis - 118 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
... learned author calls the caisse militaire , mair difficult to come by than either its flesh , blood , or bones . " " What ! have you raised our only efficient body of cavalry , and got ye none of the louis - 118 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
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answered appeared arms army attended auld Bailie Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine battle battle of Preston broadsword Cairnvreckan caliga called Carlisle Carlisle Castle Castle cavalry CHAPTER Charles Edward Chevalier Chief Chieftain circumstances clan Colonel Talbot command dear Dickes Gray Donald Bean Doune Castle dragoons Edinburgh English Evan Dhu eyes favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Fergus's Flockhart Flora Mac-Ivor followed gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highlanders honour hope horse house of Stuart Jacobites Janet Lady Emily laird look Lord George Murray Maccombich Macwheeble Major Melville military mind Miss Bradwardine Morton never night numbers officer party Penrith person poor portmanteau Prince Prince's prisoner puir regiment replied Rose Bradwardine Royal Highness Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Everard soldiers spirit Spontoon Stirling Castle sword thought tion took troop Tully-Veolan Ullswater Vich Ian Vohr Waverley-Honour Waverley's whilk wish young
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Pagina 423 - It has been my object to describe these persons, not by a caricatured and exaggerated use of the national dialect, but by their habits, manners, and feelings ; so as in some distant degree to emulate the admirable Irish portraits drawn by Miss Edgeworth, so different from the " Teagues" and " dear joys" who so long, with the most perfect family resemblance to each other, occupied the drama and the novel.
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Pagina 430 - He saw a party of the foot, who were then bravely fighting near him, and whom he was ordered to support, had no officer to head them ; upon which he said eagerly, in the hearing of the person from whom I had this account, ' These brave follows will be cut to pieces for want of a commander...
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