Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes..James Ballantyne and Company, 1814 - 371 sider |
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Side 26
... Waverley's paternal epistles con- sisted in certain mysterious hints of great- ness and influence which he was speedily to attain , and which would insure his son's obtaining the most rapid promotion , should he remain in the military ...
... Waverley's paternal epistles con- sisted in certain mysterious hints of great- ness and influence which he was speedily to attain , and which would insure his son's obtaining the most rapid promotion , should he remain in the military ...
Side 30
... ther occasion for their services ; and , in Richard Waverley's case , which the mini- ster considered as aggravated by ingrati- tude , dismissal was accompanied by some- thing like personal contempt and con- tumely . The public 30 WAVERLEY ...
... ther occasion for their services ; and , in Richard Waverley's case , which the mini- ster considered as aggravated by ingrati- tude , dismissal was accompanied by some- thing like personal contempt and con- tumely . The public 30 WAVERLEY ...
Side 31
... Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo- narch , and an ungrateful country , were the burthen of each rounded paragraph . He ...
... Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo- narch , and an ungrateful country , were the burthen of each rounded paragraph . He ...
Side 35
... Waverley - Honour about thirty years ago . These letters , as might have been ex- pected , highly excited Waverley's indig- nation . From the desultory style of his studies , he had not any fixed political opi- nion to place in ...
... Waverley - Honour about thirty years ago . These letters , as might have been ex- pected , highly excited Waverley's indig- nation . From the desultory style of his studies , he had not any fixed political opi- nion to place in ...
Side 47
... Waverley's father held in the mini- stry , and Edward's own commission in the army of George II . These obstacles were now removed , and in a manner which ap- parently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to another ...
... Waverley's father held in the mini- stry , and Edward's own commission in the army of George II . These obstacles were now removed , and in a manner which ap- parently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to another ...
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