Historical romances of the author of Waverley, المجلد 4 |
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... observe , by your last favour , that you disapprove of the numerous re- trenchments and alterations which I have been under the necessity of making on the Manuscript of your friend , the Benedictine , and I willingly make you the medium ...
... observe , by your last favour , that you disapprove of the numerous re- trenchments and alterations which I have been under the necessity of making on the Manuscript of your friend , the Benedictine , and I willingly make you the medium ...
الصفحة 5
... observe , that these retrench- ments have rendered the title no longer ap- plicable to the subject , and that some other would have been more suitable to the Work , in its present state , than that of THE ABBOT , who made so much ...
... observe , that these retrench- ments have rendered the title no longer ap- plicable to the subject , and that some other would have been more suitable to the Work , in its present state , than that of THE ABBOT , who made so much ...
الصفحة 45
... observation of his anxious and affectionate partner . 66 Something has happened , or is about to hap- pen , " said the Lady of Avenel ; " this sadness sits not on your brow without cause - misfortune , na- tional or particular , must ...
... observation of his anxious and affectionate partner . 66 Something has happened , or is about to hap- pen , " said the Lady of Avenel ; " this sadness sits not on your brow without cause - misfortune , na- tional or particular , must ...
الصفحة 49
... observation . " Had we been blessed with children , " she was wont on such occasions to say to herself , " had our blood been united in a son who might have joined my advantages of a descent with my husband's personal worth , these ...
... observation . " Had we been blessed with children , " she was wont on such occasions to say to herself , " had our blood been united in a son who might have joined my advantages of a descent with my husband's personal worth , these ...
الصفحة 51
... observe how much his mind dwelt upon the prerogatives of birth , and en- deavoured to establish his claims , however remote , to a share in them , at the very moment when he affected to hold them in contempt . It will easily be guessed ...
... observe how much his mind dwelt upon the prerogatives of birth , and en- deavoured to establish his claims , however remote , to a share in them , at the very moment when he affected to hold them in contempt . It will easily be guessed ...
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Abbess Abbot of Unreason Adam Wood Adam Woodcock answered apartment attend betwixt brother Castle of Avenel Catherine Seyton Catholic church command companion Dame damsel door Earl Earl of Murray eyes fair faith falconer Father Ambrose favour favourite fear George Douglas Grace hand hath hawk head heart Heaven hither Holyrood honour Kennaquhair Knight of Avenel Lady of Avenel Lady of Lochleven lady's land Lilias look Lord Lindesay Lord Ruthven madam Magdalen Græme maiden Mary Mary Fleming Mary of Scotland Mary Stuart Master Roland matron ment mistress monks Morton mother Murray never noble once poniard poor preacher present Queen racter Regent replied Roland Græme Saint Saint Cuthbert Scotland seemed shew Sir Halbert Glendinning Sir Robert Melville speak spoke stood sword thee thou art thou hast thought tion tone turned voice Warden Wingate woman word young youth
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الصفحة 498 - Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
الصفحة 403 - I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of kingly sway from out my heart; With mine own tears I wash away my balm...
الصفحة 299 - ... trampling and neighing of horses without the gate ; the flashing of -arms, and rustling of plumes, and jingling of spurs, within it. In short, it was that gay and splendid confusion in which the eye of youth sees all that is brave and brilliant, and that of experience much that is doubtful, deceitful, false, and hollow — hopes that will never be gratified, promises which will never be fulfilled, pride in the disguise of humility, and insolence in that of frank and generous bounty.
الصفحة 230 - As when in tumults rise the ignoble crowd, Mad are their motions and their tongues are loud ; And stones and brands in rattling volleys fly, And all the rustic arms that fury can supply. If then some grave and pious man appear, They hush their noise and lend a listening ear ; He soothes with sober words their angry mood, And quenches their innate desire of blood.