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Pagina 15
... regiment , several weeks ago , until the present moment ? " " My reply , " said Waverley , " to so general a ques- tion must be guided by the nature of the charge which renders it necessary . I request to know what that charge is , and ...
... regiment , several weeks ago , until the present moment ? " " My reply , " said Waverley , " to so general a ques- tion must be guided by the nature of the charge which renders it necessary . I request to know what that charge is , and ...
Pagina 16
Walter Scott. regiment , contrary to the express orders of your com- manding officer . The civil crime of which you stand accused is that of high treason , and levying war against the king , the highest delinquency of which a subject can ...
Walter Scott. regiment , contrary to the express orders of your com- manding officer . The civil crime of which you stand accused is that of high treason , and levying war against the king , the highest delinquency of which a subject can ...
Pagina 18
... regiment from your uncle's estate ? " " 6 ' Surely ; -but what is that to the present pur- pose ? " " To that I am just coming , and I beseech your candid reply . Have you , since leaving the regiment , held any correspondence , direct ...
... regiment from your uncle's estate ? " " 6 ' Surely ; -but what is that to the present pur- pose ? " " To that I am just coming , and I beseech your candid reply . Have you , since leaving the regiment , held any correspondence , direct ...
Pagina 20
... regiment , between the house of this Highland Chieftain , and that of Mr. Bradwardine , of Bradwardine , also in arms for this unfortunate cause ? " " I do not mean to disguise it ; but I do deny , most resolutely , being privy to any ...
... regiment , between the house of this Highland Chieftain , and that of Mr. Bradwardine , of Bradwardine , also in arms for this unfortunate cause ? " " I do not mean to disguise it ; but I do deny , most resolutely , being privy to any ...
Pagina 22
... regiment , an order which , owing to my absence , already mentioned and accounted for , I received too late to be obeyed . If there were any intermediate letters , and certainly from the Colonel's high character I think it probable that ...
... regiment , an order which , owing to my absence , already mentioned and accounted for , I received too late to be obeyed . If there were any intermediate letters , and certainly from the Colonel's high character I think it probable that ...
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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...