Waverley; or, 'Tis sixty years since, Bind 3J. Ballantyne, 1814 |
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Side 20
... believe , in the army , and the husband of Lady Emily Blandeville ; but I thought Colonel Talbot had been abroad . " " I am just returned ; and being in Scot- land , thought it my duty to act where my services promised to be useful ...
... believe , in the army , and the husband of Lady Emily Blandeville ; but I thought Colonel Talbot had been abroad . " " I am just returned ; and being in Scot- land , thought it my duty to act where my services promised to be useful ...
Side 41
... believe the army makes some stay in Edinburgh , to collect reinforcements . " " And besiege the Castle ? " said Talbot , smiling sarcastically ; " well , unless my old commander , General Guest , turn false me- tal , or the castle sink ...
... believe the army makes some stay in Edinburgh , to collect reinforcements . " " And besiege the Castle ? " said Talbot , smiling sarcastically ; " well , unless my old commander , General Guest , turn false me- tal , or the castle sink ...
Side 49
... believe this scandal- ous story , but that his own honour , equal- ly with that of the regiment , depended upon its being instantly contradicted by his authority , & c . & c . & c . " What do you think of all this ? " said Colonel ...
... believe this scandal- ous story , but that his own honour , equal- ly with that of the regiment , depended upon its being instantly contradicted by his authority , & c . & c . & c . " What do you think of all this ? " said Colonel ...
Side 70
... - and G― , all men of the highest educa- tion , as well as the first talents , -why will he not stoop , like them , to be alive and useful ? -I often believe his zeal is frozen by that proud cold - blooded Englishman , whom he 70 WAVERLEY .
... - and G― , all men of the highest educa- tion , as well as the first talents , -why will he not stoop , like them , to be alive and useful ? -I often believe his zeal is frozen by that proud cold - blooded Englishman , whom he 70 WAVERLEY .
Side 71
... believe all men ( that is , who deserve the name ) are pretty much alike : there is gene- rally more courage required to run away . They have besides , when confrontedwith . each other , a certain instinct for strife , as we see in ...
... believe all men ( that is , who deserve the name ) are pretty much alike : there is gene- rally more courage required to run away . They have besides , when confrontedwith . each other , a certain instinct for strife , as we see in ...
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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...