The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, المجلد 2Carey & Hart, 1844 |
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الصفحة 26
... present proprietor of the estate on which the old man died , ( a particular friend of the author , undertook to question the son of the deceased on the subject . This person follows his father's trade , and holds the employ ment of ...
... present proprietor of the estate on which the old man died , ( a particular friend of the author , undertook to question the son of the deceased on the subject . This person follows his father's trade , and holds the employ ment of ...
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... present oc- to Scottish beauty , but which , in her present early casion had considerably exceeded even this last limit , " age , was slender and taper , with that graceful and And now , Jeanie stood at the door , with her hand easy ...
... present oc- to Scottish beauty , but which , in her present early casion had considerably exceeded even this last limit , " age , was slender and taper , with that graceful and And now , Jeanie stood at the door , with her hand easy ...
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... present it was but an idle and useless burden . No sooner had Butler entered the room to which he was directed , than the experi- enced hand of the warder selected the proper key , and locked it on the outside . At first Butler ...
... present it was but an idle and useless burden . No sooner had Butler entered the room to which he was directed , than the experi- enced hand of the warder selected the proper key , and locked it on the outside . At first Butler ...
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... present during the whole transaction , was obliged to find bail not to quit his usual residence at Libberton , that he might appear as a witness when called upon . The other incident regarded the disap- pearance of Madge Wildfire and ...
... present during the whole transaction , was obliged to find bail not to quit his usual residence at Libberton , that he might appear as a witness when called upon . The other incident regarded the disap- pearance of Madge Wildfire and ...
الصفحة 63
... present , either one way or other . - You have two daughters , I think , Mr. Deans ? " " 9 The old man winced , as one whose smarting sore is suddenly galled ; but instantly composed himself , resumed the work which , in the heat of his ...
... present , either one way or other . - You have two daughters , I think , Mr. Deans ? " " 9 The old man winced , as one whose smarting sore is suddenly galled ; but instantly composed himself , resumed the work which , in the heat of his ...
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الصفحة 94 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
الصفحة 117 - Leddyship to have pity on a poor misguided young creature," in tones so affecting, that, like the notes of some of her native songs, provincial vulgarity was lost in pathos. "Stand up, young woman...
الصفحة 10 - One large stone only had found its way to the bottom, and in stopping the course of a small brook, which glided smoothly round the foot of the eminence, gave, by its opposition, a feeble voice of murmur to the placid and elsewhere silent streamlet. The human figures which completed this landscape were in number two, partaking, in their dress and appearance, of that wild and rustic character which belonged to the woodlands of the West Riding of Yorkshire at that early period.
الصفحة 26 - The prospect, in its general outline, commands a close-built, high-piled city, stretching itself out beneath in a form which, to a romantic imagination, may be supposed to represent that of a dragon; — now a noble arm of the sea, with its rocks, isles, distant shores, and boundary of mountains ; and now a fair and fertile champaign country, varied with hill, dale, and rock, and skirted by the picturesque ridge of the Pentland Mountains.
الصفحة 32 - To extricate himself from the stirrups and fallen steed. was to the Templar scarce the work of a moment; and stung with madness, both at his disgrace and at the acclamations with which it was hailed by the spectators, he drew his sword and waved it in defiance of his conqueror. The Disinherited Knight sprung from his steed, and also unsheathed his sword.
الصفحة 45 - Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley,' said the Prince, with an insulting smile. 'I will notch his shaft for him, however,' replied Locksley. And letting fly his arrow with a little more precaution than before, it lighted right upon that of his competitor, which it split to shivers. The people who stood around were so astonished at his wonderful dexterity that they could not even give vent to their surprise in their usual clamour. 'This must be the devil, and no man of flesh and blood,' whispered...
الصفحة 45 - I will crave your Grace's permission to plant such a mark as is used in the North Country; and welcome every brave yeoman who shall try a shot at it to win a smile from the bonny lass he loves best." He then turned to leave the lists. "Let your guards attend me," he said, " if you please ; I go but to cut a rod from the next willow-bush.
الصفحة 32 - Templar aimed at the centre of his antagonist's shield, and struck it so fair and forcibly that his spear went to shivers, and the Disinherited Knight reeled in his saddle. On the other hand, that champion had in the beginning of his career directed the point of his...