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Pagina 28
... hope it might be averted , for aught we have heard to- night ? " " Indeed ! " replied Melville . " But , my good parson , you are one of those who would communicate to every criminal the benefit of clergy . " " Unquestionably I would ...
... hope it might be averted , for aught we have heard to- night ? " " Indeed ! " replied Melville . " But , my good parson , you are one of those who would communicate to every criminal the benefit of clergy . " " Unquestionably I would ...
Pagina 29
... hope of personal advantage , has led to disturb the peace of a well - ordered government , let him fall a victim to the laws ; but surely youth , misled by the wild visions of chivalry and imaginary loyalty , may plead for pardon ...
... hope of personal advantage , has led to disturb the peace of a well - ordered government , let him fall a victim to the laws ; but surely youth , misled by the wild visions of chivalry and imaginary loyalty , may plead for pardon ...
Pagina 38
... hope to prove myself so . " " It is for that very reason , Mr. Waverley , " said the clergyman , " that I venture to solicit your confidence . My knowledge of individuals in this country is pretty general , and can upon occasion be ...
... hope to prove myself so . " " It is for that very reason , Mr. Waverley , " said the clergyman , " that I venture to solicit your confidence . My knowledge of individuals in this country is pretty general , and can upon occasion be ...
Pagina 40
... the road ; Major Melville is involuntarily obliged to intrust the custody of your per- son to another . " " I am glad of it , " answered Waverley . " I detest I that cold - blooded calculating Scotch magistrate . hope 40 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
... the road ; Major Melville is involuntarily obliged to intrust the custody of your per- son to another . " " I am glad of it , " answered Waverley . " I detest I that cold - blooded calculating Scotch magistrate . hope 40 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
Pagina 41
Walter Scott. I that cold - blooded calculating Scotch magistrate . hope he and I shall never meet more : he had neither sympathy with my innocence nor my wretchedness ; and the petrifying accuracy with which he attended to every form of ...
Walter Scott. I that cold - blooded calculating Scotch magistrate . hope he and I shall never meet more : he had neither sympathy with my innocence nor my wretchedness ; and the petrifying accuracy with which he attended to every form of ...
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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 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...