The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 2Carey & Hart, 1846 |
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... hope to emulate the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact , which pervade the works of my accomplished friend , I felt that some- thing might be attempted for my own country , of the same kind permitted me to introduce ...
... hope to emulate the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact , which pervade the works of my accomplished friend , I felt that some- thing might be attempted for my own country , of the same kind permitted me to introduce ...
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... hope of gain mixed with it , Dut after Dick had sold several horses in this way , he began to complain that dry bargains were unlucky , and to hint , that since his chap must live in the neighbourhood , he ought , in the cour- tes of ...
... hope of gain mixed with it , Dut after Dick had sold several horses in this way , he began to complain that dry bargains were unlucky , and to hint , that since his chap must live in the neighbourhood , he ought , in the cour- tes of ...
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... hope , little to dread . " " Have you found any thing curious , Mr. Maxwell , among the dusty papers ? " said Sir Henry , who seemed to dread a re- vival of political discussion . " My investigation amongst them led to reflections which ...
... hope , little to dread . " " Have you found any thing curious , Mr. Maxwell , among the dusty papers ? " said Sir Henry , who seemed to dread a re- vival of political discussion . " My investigation amongst them led to reflections which ...
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... hope to Bois le Duc , Avignon , and opportunities of contrast have been afforded me , by Italy . The accession of the near relation of one of the state of society in the northern part of the island those steady and inflexible opponents ...
... hope to Bois le Duc , Avignon , and opportunities of contrast have been afforded me , by Italy . The accession of the near relation of one of the state of society in the northern part of the island those steady and inflexible opponents ...
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... hope of its revival depends upon probably his own zeal might not have carried him you ; therefore , as far as duty and honour will per- such extravagant lengths , even to recover the edition mit , avoid danger - I mean unnecessary ...
... hope of its revival depends upon probably his own zeal might not have carried him you ; therefore , as far as duty and honour will per- such extravagant lengths , even to recover the edition mit , avoid danger - I mean unnecessary ...
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Page 119 - 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.
Page 3 - 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 continued to pride...
Page 21 - ... people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. 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.
Page 22 - ... bread, or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them,) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Page 24 - ... their bits o' bields, to sleep with the tod and the black-cock in the muirs '—Ride your ways, Ellangowan. — Our bairns are hinging at our weary backs— look that your braw cradle at hame be the fairer spread up— not that...
Page 36 - I will suppose that you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life, that you cannot look back to those to whom you owe gratitude, or forward to those to whom you ought to afford protection...
Page 31 - I do not invite my fair readers, whose sex and impatience give them the greatest right to complain of these circumstances, into a flying chariot drawn by hippogriffs, or moved by enchantment.
Page 114 - 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 77 - Something there was of an antiquated turn of argument and metaphor, but it only served to give zest and peculiarity to the style of elocution. The sermon was not read — a scrap of paper containing the heads of the discourse was occasionally referred to, and the enunciation, which at first seemed imperfect and embarrassed, became, as the preacher warmed in his progress, animated and distinct ; and although the discourse could not be quoted as a correct specimen of pulpit eloquence, yet Mannering...