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Pagina 5
... entering upon a detail of personal experience , interposed his matrimonial authority . " Gae hame , and be d- ( that I should say sae ) , and put on the sowens for supper . " " And you , ye doil'd dotard , " replied his gentle helpmate ...
... entering upon a detail of personal experience , interposed his matrimonial authority . " Gae hame , and be d- ( that I should say sae ) , and put on the sowens for supper . " " And you , ye doil'd dotard , " replied his gentle helpmate ...
Pagina 56
... entered into a discussion of their excellences , to which our readers will probably be as indifferent as our hero . After this excursion , the leader returned to his theological discus- sions , while the pedlar , less profound upon ...
... entered into a discussion of their excellences , to which our readers will probably be as indifferent as our hero . After this excursion , the leader returned to his theological discus- sions , while the pedlar , less profound upon ...
Pagina 69
... entered , whom Waverley recognised as having been a part of his original escort to this cottage . They conversed for a short time with the old man and his companion , and then made Waverley understand , by very significant signs , that ...
... entered , whom Waverley recognised as having been a part of his original escort to this cottage . They conversed for a short time with the old man and his companion , and then made Waverley understand , by very significant signs , that ...
Pagina 87
... entered full sail upon the pedigree of Balmawhapple's mare , having already got as far as great - grandsire and ... entering into a vehement dispute upon the price of hay with a farmer , who had reluctantly followed his laird to the ...
... entered full sail upon the pedigree of Balmawhapple's mare , having already got as far as great - grandsire and ... entering into a vehement dispute upon the price of hay with a farmer , who had reluctantly followed his laird to the ...
Pagina 92
... entered the walls of the city . He then drew up his men in front of that venerable pile , and delivered Waverley to the custody of a guard of Highlanders , whose officer con- ducted him into the interior of the building . A long , low ...
... entered the walls of the city . He then drew up his men in front of that venerable pile , and delivered Waverley to the custody of a guard of Highlanders , whose officer con- ducted him into the interior of the building . A long , low ...
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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.
Pagina 256 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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...
Pagina 300 - Bradwardine, who was destitute of the devoted enthusiasm of loyalty, which, to her friend, hallowed and exalted misfortune. These reveries he was permitted to enjoy, undisturbed by queries or interruption ; — and it was in many a winter walk by the shores of...