The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1L.A. Godey, 1841 |
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Page 43
... Fergus Mac - Ivor Vich Ian Vohr ; but my father thought it unworthy of his rank and birth This last insinuation probably induced Waverley to to pay it any longer , and so this disaster has hap- set both down to the prejudices of his ...
... Fergus Mac - Ivor Vich Ian Vohr ; but my father thought it unworthy of his rank and birth This last insinuation probably induced Waverley to to pay it any longer , and so this disaster has hap- set both down to the prejudices of his ...
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... Fergus , with the unpronounceable name , was the chief thief - taker of the district ? " Thief - taker ! " answered Rose , laughing ; " he is a gentleman of great honour and consequence ; the chieftain of an independent branch of a ...
... Fergus , with the unpronounceable name , was the chief thief - taker of the district ? " Thief - taker ! " answered Rose , laughing ; " he is a gentleman of great honour and consequence ; the chieftain of an independent branch of a ...
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... Fergus Mac - Ivor Vich Ian Vohr ? " CHAPTER XVI . It seemed like a dream to Waverley that these deeds of violence should be familiar to men's minds , and currently talked of , as falling within the com- " Fergus Mac - Ivor Vich Ian Vohr ...
... Fergus Mac - Ivor Vich Ian Vohr ? " CHAPTER XVI . It seemed like a dream to Waverley that these deeds of violence should be familiar to men's minds , and currently talked of , as falling within the com- " Fergus Mac - Ivor Vich Ian Vohr ...
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... Fergus Mac - Ivor , of whom a Frenchman wanting to cleik the cunzie ( that is , to hook the siller , ) might have said , as truly as of any man in the High- he cannily carried off Gilliewhackit ae night when lands , " Qu'il connoit bien ...
... Fergus Mac - Ivor , of whom a Frenchman wanting to cleik the cunzie ( that is , to hook the siller , ) might have said , as truly as of any man in the High- he cannily carried off Gilliewhackit ae night when lands , " Qu'il connoit bien ...
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... Fergus , the tenth in direct descent It was not , however , upon their first meeting that from John of the Tower , engaged heart and hand in Edward had an opportunity of making these less fa- the insurrection of 1715 , and was forced to ...
... Fergus , the tenth in direct descent It was not , however , upon their first meeting that from John of the Tower , engaged heart and hand in Edward had an opportunity of making these less fa- the insurrection of 1715 , and was forced to ...
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Page 5 - Familiar acquaintance with the specious miracles of fiction brought with it some degree of satiety, and I began by degrees to seek in histories, memoirs, voyages and travels, and the like, events nearly as wonderful as those which were the work of the imagination, with the additional advantage, that they were, at least, in a great measure true.
Page 25 - ... an imitation of the romance of Cervantes. But he will do my prudence injustice in the supposition. My intention is not to follow the steps of that inimitable author, in describing such total perversion of intellect as misconstrues the objects actually presented to the senses, but that more common aberration from sound judgment, which apprehends occurrences indeed in their reality, but communicates to them a tincture of its own romantic tone and colouring.
Page 99 - The regulars, who were in high spirits, returned a loud shout of defiance, and fired one or two of their cannon upon an advanced post of the Highlanders. The latter displayed great earnestness to proceed instantly to the attack, Evan Dhu urging to Fergus, by way of argument, that ' the sidier roy was tottering like an egg upon a staff, and that they had a' the vantage of the onset, for even a haggis (God bless her !) could charge down hill.
Page 21 - ... the show of pyramids and towers, some touched with gold, some with purple, some with a hue of deep and dark red. The distant sea, stretched beneath this varied and gorgeous canopy, lay almost portentously still, reflecting back the dazzling and level beams of the descending luminary, and the splendid colouring of the clouds amidst which he was setting. Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand.