Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... appeared to the author that there would be more of novelty , as well as of serious interest , if he could succeed in gaining for him something of that sympathy which is incompatible with the total absence of respect . Miss Baillie had ...
... appeared to the author that there would be more of novelty , as well as of serious interest , if he could succeed in gaining for him something of that sympathy which is incompatible with the total absence of respect . Miss Baillie had ...
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... appeared , who , like me , threatened to maintain the housekeeper's side of the question . He therefore took his leave , muttering that he had always heard the Scots were a nasty people , but had no idea they carried it so far as to ...
... appeared , who , like me , threatened to maintain the housekeeper's side of the question . He therefore took his leave , muttering that he had always heard the Scots were a nasty people , but had no idea they carried it so far as to ...
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... appearance was neither dignified nor handsome , his face and figure were not only deserving of attention , but seemed in some manner to command it . He was rather below the middle stature , but the breadth of his shoulders , length and ...
... appearance was neither dignified nor handsome , his face and figure were not only deserving of attention , but seemed in some manner to command it . He was rather below the middle stature , but the breadth of his shoulders , length and ...
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... appeared all well pleased with the unexpected appearance of an old friend . Simon Glover shook his hand again and again , Dorothy made her compliments , and Catharine herself offered freely her hand , which Henry held in his massive ...
... appeared all well pleased with the unexpected appearance of an old friend . Simon Glover shook his hand again and again , Dorothy made her compliments , and Catharine herself offered freely her hand , which Henry held in his massive ...
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... appeared bearing three large rummer cups of green glass , which were then esteemed a great and precious curiosity , and the Glover followed with a huge bottle , equal at least to three quarts of these degenerate days . " Here is a cup ...
... appeared bearing three large rummer cups of green glass , which were then esteemed a great and precious curiosity , and the Glover followed with a huge bottle , equal at least to three quarts of these degenerate days . " Here is a cup ...
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Albany Anne of Geierstein Annette answered armourer arms Arnheim Arnold Biederman Arthur Philipson Bâle betwixt blood Bonnet-maker Bonthron brother burghers called castle Catharine Charles of Burgundy Church Clan Chattan Clan Quhele combat command Conachar court danger daughter Douglas Duke of Albany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Rothsay Duke's Dwining Eachin Earl Englishman eyes fair Fair City father favour fear Ferette Grace Hagenbach hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven Highland holy honour horse Kilian Kinfauns King King René knight lady Landamman look lord maiden Margaret Margaret of Anjou matter mountain neighbours never noble Oxford passed peace person Perth poor present priest Prince Proudfute Provence Provost René replied royal Saint Scotland seemed Sigismund Simon Glover speak spoke stood stranger Swiss sword tell thee thou art thou hast thought Unterwalden voice word Wynd yonder young youth
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Page 295 - So spoke, in the emphatic words of Scripture, the helpless and bereft father, tearing his gray beard and hoary hair, while Albany, speechless and conscience-struck, did not venture to interrupt the tempest of his grief. But the agony of the King's sorrow almost instantly changed to...
Page 105 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!