The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1L.A. Godey, 1841 |
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... body returned to the castle . The cover being now thoroughly beat by the attendants , the stag was compelled to abandon it , and trust to his speed for his safety . Three greyhounds were slipped upon him , whom he threw out , after ...
... body returned to the castle . The cover being now thoroughly beat by the attendants , the stag was compelled to abandon it , and trust to his speed for his safety . Three greyhounds were slipped upon him , whom he threw out , after ...
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... body in- ley ! I shall probably never see you more ; for it woula to the graces with which he performed the Highland be very improper to wish you to call at Tully - Veolan fling , to convey to our hero symptoms of recognition . just now ...
... body in- ley ! I shall probably never see you more ; for it woula to the graces with which he performed the Highland be very improper to wish you to call at Tully - Veolan fling , to convey to our hero symptoms of recognition . just now ...
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... body of cavaliers in the neigh- belted over his under habiliments , and crested with a bourhood of London , and traversed the kingdom , huge cowl of the same stuff , which , when drawn which had been so long under domination of the over ...
... body of cavaliers in the neigh- belted over his under habiliments , and crested with a bourhood of London , and traversed the kingdom , huge cowl of the same stuff , which , when drawn which had been so long under domination of the over ...
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... body of continued Major Melville , warming in the detail ot young fellows from his uncle's estate , who have not his arguments , " where do we find this second edition stickled at avowing , in their way , the high - church of Cavalier ...
... body of continued Major Melville , warming in the detail ot young fellows from his uncle's estate , who have not his arguments , " where do we find this second edition stickled at avowing , in their way , the high - church of Cavalier ...
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... body of men , and not unacquainted with ease , though he could not affect cordiality . The Major the use of arms , they kept themselves together as a was somewhat of a bon vivant , and his wine was separate party in the state , and at ...
... body of men , and not unacquainted with ease , though he could not affect cordiality . The Major the use of arms , they kept themselves together as a was somewhat of a bon vivant , and his wine was separate party in the state , and at ...
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ancient answered Antiquary appearance arms auld Bailie Baron Bradwardine Brown called Callum Captain castle CHAPTER character Charles Hazlewood Chieftain circumstances 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 voice Waverley Waverley's weel wish Woodbourne words young
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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.