The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1Carey & Hart, 1844 |
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Page 25
... Hazlewood rides hame half the road wi ' her after sermon , " said one of the gossips in company ; " I wonder how auld Hazlewood likes that . " " I kenna how he may like it now , " answered an- other of the tea - drinkers ; " but the day ...
... Hazlewood rides hame half the road wi ' her after sermon , " said one of the gossips in company ; " I wonder how auld Hazlewood likes that . " " I kenna how he may like it now , " answered an- other of the tea - drinkers ; " but the day ...
Page 26
... Hazlewood , though they are a very gude auld family in the county , never thought , till within these twa score o ' years , of evening them- selves till the Ellangowans - Wow , woman , the Ber- trams of Ellangowan are the auld ...
... Hazlewood , though they are a very gude auld family in the county , never thought , till within these twa score o ' years , of evening them- selves till the Ellangowans - Wow , woman , the Ber- trams of Ellangowan are the auld ...
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... Hazlewood , and whispered a word in her ear - then ran down the steep hastily , as if not trusting his resolution at a slower pace . " Where's Charles Hazlewood running ? " said the invalid , who apparently was accustomed to , his pre ...
... Hazlewood , and whispered a word in her ear - then ran down the steep hastily , as if not trusting his resolution at a slower pace . " Where's Charles Hazlewood running ? " said the invalid , who apparently was accustomed to , his pre ...
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... Hazlewood , and that he met his preceptor daily at the house of Mrs. Mac Candlish , whose proclamation of Sampson's disin terested attachment to the young lady had procured him this indefatigable and bounteous scholar . Mr. Sampson ...
... Hazlewood , and that he met his preceptor daily at the house of Mrs. Mac Candlish , whose proclamation of Sampson's disin terested attachment to the young lady had procured him this indefatigable and bounteous scholar . Mr. Sampson ...
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... Hazlewood .. Under the active patronage of Mrs. Mac - Candlish , Sampson picked up some other scholars very diffe ent indeed from Charles Hazlewood in rank - and whose lessons were proportionally unproductive . Still , however , he ...
... Hazlewood .. Under the active patronage of Mrs. Mac - Candlish , Sampson picked up some other scholars very diffe ent indeed from Charles Hazlewood in rank - and whose lessons were proportionally unproductive . Still , however , he ...
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ancient answered Antiquary appearance arms auld Bailie Baron Bradwardine Brown called Callum Captain castle CHAPTER character Charles Hazlewood Chieftain clan Colonel Mannering Colonel Talbot command dear deyvil Dinmont Dominie door Edinburgh Edward Ellangowan eyes father favour feelings Fergus Flora followed frae gentleman gipsy give Glennaquoich Glossin Guy Mannering hand Hatteraick Hazlewood head heard Highland honour hope horse house of Stewart Jacobites Julia lady Laird letter look Lord Lovel Lucy Mac-Ivor Mac-Morlan mair maun ment mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering Miss Wardour Monkbarns morning never night observed occasion Oldbuck party person Pleydell poor Prince recollection rendered replied Rose Sampson scene Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Arthur Sir Everard spirit Spontoon supposed tell there's thing thought tion Tully-Veolan turned Vich voice Waverley Waverley's weel wish Woodbourne words young
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Page 143 - There is no European nation which, within the course of half a century or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of 1745, — the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs, the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons, the total eradication of the Jacobite party, which, averse to intermingle with the English or adopt their customs, long...
Page 110 - And he will refit the old library in the most exquisite Gothic taste, and garnish its shelves with the rarest and most valuable volumes; and he will draw plans and landscapes, and write verses, and rear temples, and dig grottoes; and he will stand in a clear summer night in the colonnade before the hall, and gaze on the deer as they stray in the moonlight, or lie shadowed by the boughs of the huge old fantastic oaks; and he will repeat verses to his beautiful wife, who will hang upon his arm; —...
Page 21 - ... became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore. The mass of waters, now dark and threatening, began to lift itself in larger ridges, and sink in deeper furrows, forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers, or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling distant thunder. Appalled by this sudden change of weather, Miss Wardour drew close to her father, and held his arm fast.
Page 17 - And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother, and the brother with the sister.