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... interest , with which these were intimately connected . The travellers journeyed , there- fore , in silence , until it was interrupted by the annunci- ation , on the part of the guide , that his " naig had lost a fore - foot shoe ...
... interest , with which these were intimately connected . The travellers journeyed , there- fore , in silence , until it was interrupted by the annunci- ation , on the part of the guide , that his " naig had lost a fore - foot shoe ...
Pagina 29
... Major Melville . Observe now ; this young man , descended of a family of hereditary Jacobites , his uncle the leader of the Tory interest in the county of , his father a disobliged and discontented courtier , WAVERLEY 29.
... Major Melville . Observe now ; this young man , descended of a family of hereditary Jacobites , his uncle the leader of the Tory interest in the county of , his father a disobliged and discontented courtier , WAVERLEY 29.
Pagina 40
... interest which this good man seemed to take in his misfortunes , above all , the full confidence he appeared to repose in his innocence , had the natural effect of softening Edward's heart , whom the coldness of Major Melville had ...
... interest which this good man seemed to take in his misfortunes , above all , the full confidence he appeared to repose in his innocence , had the natural effect of softening Edward's heart , whom the coldness of Major Melville had ...
Pagina 63
... interest with his attendants , he glanced a disconsolate eye around the interior of the cabin . The only furniture , excepting a washing - tub , and a wooden press , called in Scotland an ambry , sorely decayed , was a large wooden bed ...
... interest with his attendants , he glanced a disconsolate eye around the interior of the cabin . The only furniture , excepting a washing - tub , and a wooden press , called in Scotland an ambry , sorely decayed , was a large wooden bed ...
Pagina 87
... interest , the noble captain checked his horse until they came up , and then , without directly appearing to notice Edward , said sternly to the genealogist , " I thought , lieutenant , my orders were preceese , that no one should speak ...
... interest , the noble captain checked his horse until they came up , and then , without directly appearing to notice Edward , said sternly to the genealogist , " I thought , lieutenant , my orders were preceese , that no one should speak ...
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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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