Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Bind 3J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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... Mac - Ivor , with laudable composure of countenance ; " and in the court of France all the honours are rendered to the person of the Regent which are due to that of the King . Besides , were I to pull off ei- ther of their boots , I ...
... Mac - Ivor , with laudable composure of countenance ; " and in the court of France all the honours are rendered to the person of the Regent which are due to that of the King . Besides , were I to pull off ei- ther of their boots , I ...
Side 42
... Mac - Ivor . The Highlanders , by whom the Prince was sur- rounded , in the license and extravagance of this joyful moment , fired their pieces repeatedly , and one of these having been accidentally loaded with ball , the bullet grazed ...
... Mac - Ivor . The Highlanders , by whom the Prince was sur- rounded , in the license and extravagance of this joyful moment , fired their pieces repeatedly , and one of these having been accidentally loaded with ball , the bullet grazed ...
Side 43
... Mac - Ivor ; for had it befallen a whig , they would have pretended that the shot was fired on purpose . " Waverley escaped the alarm which this accident would have occasioned to him , as he was unavoidably delayed by the ne- cessity of ...
... Mac - Ivor ; for had it befallen a whig , they would have pretended that the shot was fired on purpose . " Waverley escaped the alarm which this accident would have occasioned to him , as he was unavoidably delayed by the ne- cessity of ...
Side 62
... Mac- Ivor was a fine woman , and Rose Brad- wardine a pretty girl . But he alleged that the former destroyed the effect of her beauty by an affectation of the grand airs which she had probably seen prac- tised in the mock court of St ...
... Mac- Ivor was a fine woman , and Rose Brad- wardine a pretty girl . But he alleged that the former destroyed the effect of her beauty by an affectation of the grand airs which she had probably seen prac- tised in the mock court of St ...
Side 64
... Mac - Ivor called Rose her pupil , and was attentive to assist her in her stu- dies , and to fashion both her taste and understanding . It might have been re- marked by a very close observer , that in the presence of Waverley she was ...
... Mac - Ivor called Rose her pupil , and was attentive to assist her in her stu- dies , and to fashion both her taste and understanding . It might have been re- marked by a very close observer , that in the presence of Waverley she was ...
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Alick answered arms auld Baillie Baron of Bradwardine battle of Culloden battle of Preston Bodach Brad Bradwar caliga called Captain Butler Carlisle Carlisle Castle castle Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot Common Moor court Davie dear Donald dragoons Duchran Duke of Cumberland Edinburgh Edward Waverley English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Fergus's Flora Mac-Ivor gentleman Glennaquoich hand happy heard Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart inclosures Ivor Jacobites Janet Lady Emily leave letter look Maccombich Macwheeble ment mind Miss Bradwardine Miss Mac-Ivor never night Nosebag party pass person poor Prince prisoner puir quarrel regiment Rose Bradwardine Royal Highness Scotland seemed shewed sion Sir Everard sister soldiers spirit Spontoon Stanley stood suppose tell thing thought tion troop Tully-Veolan verley Vich Ian Vohr ward wardine Waver Waverley-Honour Waverley's weel whilk wish words young
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Side 119 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Side 365 - There is no European nation, which, within the course of half a century, or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of 1745, — the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs, — the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons, — the total eradication of the Jacobite party, which, averse to intermingle with the English, or adopt their customs, long continued to pride themselves...
Side 283 - There in a gloomy hollow glen she found A little cottage, built of stickes and reedes In homely wize, and ,wald with sods around...
Side 65 - Bond- street loungers. The fact is, that though the effect was felt, the cause could hardly be observed. Each of the ladies, like two excellent actresses, were perfect in their parts, and performed them to the delight of the audience ; and such being the case, it was almost impossible to discover that the elder constantly ceded to her friend that which was most suitable to her talents.
Side 359 - It was a large and spirited painting, representing Fergus MacIvor and Waverley in their Highland dress, the scene a wild, rocky, and mountainous pass, down which the clan were descending in the background.
Side 366 - ... who still cherished a lingering, though hopeless, attachment to the house' of Stuart. This race has now almost entirely vanished from the land, and with it, doubtless, much absurd political prejudice; but also many living examples of singular and disinterested attachment to the principles of loyalty which they received from their fathers, and of old Scottish faith, hospitality, worth, and honour.
Side 359 - Highland dress, the scene a wild, rocky, and mountainous pass, down which the clan were descending in the back-ground. It was' taken from a spirited sketch, drawn while they were in Edinburgh by a young man of high genius, and had been painted on a full-length scale by an eminent London artist. Raeburn himself, (whose Highland Chiefs...