The Waverley Novels, Volume 2A. and C. Black, 1859 |
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Pagina 2
... opinion of the speaker , made a very slight impression on the hearer , who only internally wondered what college this veterinary professor belonged to ; not aware that the word was used to denote any person who pretended to uncommon ...
... opinion of the speaker , made a very slight impression on the hearer , who only internally wondered what college this veterinary professor belonged to ; not aware that the word was used to denote any person who pretended to uncommon ...
Pagina 7
... opinion respecting Waverley , " I daur ye to touch . him , " spreading abroad her long and muscular fingers , garnished with claws which a vulture might have envied . " I'll set my ten commandments in the face o ' the first loon that ...
... opinion respecting Waverley , " I daur ye to touch . him , " spreading abroad her long and muscular fingers , garnished with claws which a vulture might have envied . " I'll set my ten commandments in the face o ' the first loon that ...
Pagina 23
... opinion . Enjoy your supposed triumph , then , and torment me no further . If I am capable of the cowardice and treachery your charge burdens me with , I am not worthy to be believed in any reply I can make to you . If I am not ...
... opinion . Enjoy your supposed triumph , then , and torment me no further . If I am capable of the cowardice and treachery your charge burdens me with , I am not worthy to be believed in any reply I can make to you . If I am not ...
Pagina 27
... opinions of others were always strict , and sometimes unjustly severe . Mr. Morton , on the contrary , had passed from the literary pursuits of a college , where he was beloved by his companions , and respected by his teachers , to the ...
... opinions of others were always strict , and sometimes unjustly severe . Mr. Morton , on the contrary , had passed from the literary pursuits of a college , where he was beloved by his companions , and respected by his teachers , to the ...
Pagina 33
... opinion , and merely asked how he intended to dispose of the prisoner ? " It is a question of some difficulty , considering the state of the country , " said Major Melville . " Could you not detain him ( being such a gentleman- like ...
... opinion , and merely asked how he intended to dispose of the prisoner ? " It is a question of some difficulty , considering the state of the country , " said Major Melville . " Could you not detain him ( being such a gentleman- like ...
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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...