Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Bind 2J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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... fire certain herbs , with which he compound- ed an embrocation . He then fomented the parts which had sustained injury , never failing to murmur prayers or spells , which of the two Waverley could not distin- guish , as his ear only ...
... fire certain herbs , with which he compound- ed an embrocation . He then fomented the parts which had sustained injury , never failing to murmur prayers or spells , which of the two Waverley could not distin- guish , as his ear only ...
Side 152
... American Indians , when at the stake of torture , that on the least in- termission of agony , they will sleep until the fire is applied to awaken them . CHAPTER IX . A Conference , and the Consequence . 152 WAVERLEY .
... American Indians , when at the stake of torture , that on the least in- termission of agony , they will sleep until the fire is applied to awaken them . CHAPTER IX . A Conference , and the Consequence . 152 WAVERLEY .
Side 175
... fire - side . He certainly possesses talents beyond the rude sphere in which he moves ; and , being neither des- titute of ambition nor encumbered with scruples , he will probably attempt , by every means , to distinguish himself during ...
... fire - side . He certainly possesses talents beyond the rude sphere in which he moves ; and , being neither des- titute of ambition nor encumbered with scruples , he will probably attempt , by every means , to distinguish himself during ...
Side 185
... fire - drum startles the slumbering artizans of a Scotch burgh . It is the object of this history to do justice to all men ; I must therefore record , in justice to the drummer , that he protested he could beat any known march or point ...
... fire - drum startles the slumbering artizans of a Scotch burgh . It is the object of this history to do justice to all men ; I must therefore record , in justice to the drummer , that he protested he could beat any known march or point ...
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... seemed rent in several places ; the walls were composed of loose stones and turf , and the thatch of branches of trees . The fire was in the centre , and filled the whole wigwam with smoke , which escaped as much through 210 WAVERLEY .
... seemed rent in several places ; the walls were composed of loose stones and turf , and the thatch of branches of trees . The fire was in the centre , and filled the whole wigwam with smoke , which escaped as much through 210 WAVERLEY .
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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.