Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Bind 2J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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Side 14
... observed , with some surprise , that even Fergus , notwithstanding his knowledge and education , seemed to fall in with the superstitious ideas of his coun- trymen , either because he deemed it im- politic to affect sceptism on a matter ...
... observed , with some surprise , that even Fergus , notwithstanding his knowledge and education , seemed to fall in with the superstitious ideas of his coun- trymen , either because he deemed it im- politic to affect sceptism on a matter ...
Side 19
... observed , " When the wind is still , the shower falls soft . " This good old man , whose charity and hospitality were unbounded , would have received Waverley with kindness , had he been the meanest Saxon peasant , since his situation ...
... observed , " When the wind is still , the shower falls soft . " This good old man , whose charity and hospitality were unbounded , would have received Waverley with kindness , had he been the meanest Saxon peasant , since his situation ...
Side 39
... observed in passing , that the bold and prompt habits of thinking , acting , and speaking , which distinguished this young Chieftain , had given him a considerable ascendency over the mind of Waverley .. Endowed with at least equal ...
... observed in passing , that the bold and prompt habits of thinking , acting , and speaking , which distinguished this young Chieftain , had given him a considerable ascendency over the mind of Waverley .. Endowed with at least equal ...
Side 47
... observed with great satis- faction the growing attachment of Wa verley to his sister , nor did he see any bar to their union , excepting the situation which Waverley's father held in the mini- stry , and Edward's own commission in the ...
... observed with great satis- faction the growing attachment of Wa verley to his sister , nor did he see any bar to their union , excepting the situation which Waverley's father held in the mini- stry , and Edward's own commission in the ...
Side 66
... observed his approach , she rose and came to meet him . Edward attempted to say something within the verge of ordinary compliment and conversation , but found himself unequal to the task . Flora seem- ed at first equally embarrassed ...
... observed his approach , she rose and came to meet him . Edward attempted to say something within the verge of ordinary compliment and conversation , but found himself unequal to the task . Flora seem- ed at first equally embarrassed ...
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accou answered appeared arms army attend auld Baillie Balmawhapple Baron of Bradwardine Bradwardine Cairnvreckan Callum Beg Captain Castle cause charge Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel command dear Earl of Glencairn Edinburgh Edward English Ensign Maccombich Erastian eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flockhart Flora followed frae gentleman Gilfillan Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart Ivor Jabesh Jacobites join journey laird leave Lero letter Lowland Macwheeble Major Melville maun ment military mind Miss Mac-Ivor Morton muscadel never night numbers observed occasion officer pain party passed person pibroch plaid portmanteau present Prince rank received regiment reply Scotland seemed shew silence soldiers spirit Stirling Stirling Castle Stuart sword tain tartan ther thought Tighearnach tion troop Tully-Veolan verley verley's Vich Ian Vohr ward Waver Waverley Waverley-Honour Waverley's whig whilk wish young
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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.