Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Bind 2J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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Side 43
... command , could it be useful or lead to the righting your ho nour ; but in the present case , I doubt if your commanding officer would give you the meeting on account of his having taken measures , which , however harsh and exasperating ...
... command , could it be useful or lead to the righting your ho nour ; but in the present case , I doubt if your commanding officer would give you the meeting on account of his having taken measures , which , however harsh and exasperating ...
Side 87
... tion of the goodness of their cause , or the commands of his father or uncle , should recommend to him allegiance to the Stu arts , still it was necessary to clear his own . character by shewing that he had taken no step to WAVERLEY . 87.
... tion of the goodness of their cause , or the commands of his father or uncle , should recommend to him allegiance to the Stu arts , still it was necessary to clear his own . character by shewing that he had taken no step to WAVERLEY . 87.
Side 142
... command of the young Pretender ? " " I assure you I am not only entirely guiltless of the plot you have laid to my charge , but I detest it from the very bot- tom of my soul , nor would I be guilty of such a treachery to gain a throne ...
... command of the young Pretender ? " " I assure you I am not only entirely guiltless of the plot you have laid to my charge , but I detest it from the very bot- tom of my soul , nor would I be guilty of such a treachery to gain a throne ...
Side 185
... that he protested he could beat any known march or point of war under the British army , and had accordingly commenced with " Dumbarton's Drums , " when he was si- lenced by Gifted Gilfillan , the command- er of the WAVERLEY . 185.
... that he protested he could beat any known march or point of war under the British army , and had accordingly commenced with " Dumbarton's Drums , " when he was si- lenced by Gifted Gilfillan , the command- er of the WAVERLEY . 185.
Side 186
sir Walter Scott (bart.) lenced by Gifted Gilfillan , the command- er of the party , who refused to permit his followers to move to this profane , and even , as he said , persecutive tune , and commanded the drummer to beat the 119th ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) lenced by Gifted Gilfillan , the command- er of the party , who refused to permit his followers to move to this profane , and even , as he said , persecutive tune , and commanded the drummer to beat the 119th ...
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Side 77 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...
Side 343 - English dialect by the equally well-distinguished voice of the commanding officer, for whom he had once felt so much respect. It was at that instant, that, looking around him, he saw the wild dress and appearance of his Highland associates, heard their whispers in an uncouth and unknown language, looked upon his own dress, so unlike that which he had worn from his infancy, and wished to awake from what seemed at the moment a dream, strange, horrible, and unnatural.
Side 255 - ... side, he was irresistibly attracted to the cause which the prejudices of education, and the political principles of his family, had already recommended as the most just. These thoughts rushed through his mind like a torrent, sweeping before them every consideration of an opposite tendency, — the time, besides, admitted of no deliberation , — and Waverley, kneeling to Charles Edward, devoted his heart and sword to the vindication of his rights...
Side 3 - Mongst craggy cliffs and thunder-battered hills, Hares, hinds, bucks, roes, are chased by men and dogs, Where two hours' hunting fourscore fat deer kills. Lowland, your sports are low as is your seat; The Highland games and minds are high and great.