Waverley Novels ...: The monasteryBlack, 1853 |
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الصفحة 7
... things referred to , are of very little moment ; but the ingenious author ought to have been more cautious of attaching real names to fictitious characters . I think it is in the Spectator we read of a rustic wag , who , in a copy of ...
... things referred to , are of very little moment ; but the ingenious author ought to have been more cautious of attaching real names to fictitious characters . I think it is in the Spectator we read of a rustic wag , who , in a copy of ...
الصفحة 9
... thing approaching to feel- ing or reasoning . Such a being's superiority in power can only be compared to that of the elephant or lion , who are greater in strength than man , though inferior in the scale of creation . The partialities ...
... thing approaching to feel- ing or reasoning . Such a being's superiority in power can only be compared to that of the elephant or lion , who are greater in strength than man , though inferior in the scale of creation . The partialities ...
الصفحة 24
... thing about the old drawbrig , unless he were a virtuoso ? ” * David being a virtuoso in his own way , and moreover a land- holder and heritor , was a qualified judge of all who frequented his house , and therefore I could not avoid ...
... thing about the old drawbrig , unless he were a virtuoso ? ” * David being a virtuoso in his own way , and moreover a land- holder and heritor , was a qualified judge of all who frequented his house , and therefore I could not avoid ...
الصفحة 28
... thing disagreeable ; and that I was most willing to apologize for my unintentional offence , so soon as I should know wherein it consisted . 66 Nay , no offence , sir , " he replied ; " offence can only exist where it is taken . I have ...
... thing disagreeable ; and that I was most willing to apologize for my unintentional offence , so soon as I should know wherein it consisted . 66 Nay , no offence , sir , " he replied ; " offence can only exist where it is taken . I have ...
الصفحة 31
... thing that was not contrary to my allegiance or religion . " My proposal , ” he replied , “ affects neither . — May God bless the reigning family in Britain ! They are not , indeed , of that dynasty to restore which my ancestors ...
... thing that was not contrary to my allegiance or religion . " My proposal , ” he replied , “ affects neither . — May God bless the reigning family in Britain ! They are not , indeed , of that dynasty to restore which my ancestors ...
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answered aught Baron Benedictine better betwixt blood brethren brother called castle Christie church Clinthill Colmslie companion Dame Elspeth Dame Glendinning Earl Earl of Murray Edward English knight Euphuist eyes faith Father Eustace Father Philip fear feeling gallant give glen guest Halbert Glendinning Halidome hand hath head heart Heaven Henry Warden heretic holy honour horse Jedediah Cleishbotham Julian Avenel Kennaquhair Lady of Avenel looked Lord Abbot maiden Martin Mary Avenel matter Miller mind Molinara Monastery monk Morton moss-troopers Murray Mysie Happer never noble once person pray preacher present replied reverence Rowland Yorke Sacristan Saint Mary's Scotland Scottish seemed shew Sir Knight Sir Piercie Shafton Southron speak spirit stranger Sub-Prior sword tell thee thine thou hast thought Tibb tion tone Tower of Glendearg turn vassals voice White Lady wild William de Douglas woman word youth
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الصفحة 285 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
الصفحة 129 - Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read, to doubt, or read to scorn.
الصفحة 42 - This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes — was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.
الصفحة 43 - I have mentioned of Northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own fame and their own opinions than the national regiments are supposed to be jealous of the high character which they have won upon service. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention alive to every one's question, his information at every one's command.
الصفحة 275 - The more to please the sprightly god, Each sweet engaging Grace Put on some clothes to come abroad, And took a waiter's place.
الصفحة 359 - Philautia, my Honour ; and she calls me, her Ambition. Now, when I meet her in the presence anon, I will come to her, and say, Sweet Honour, I have hitherto contented my sense with the lilies of your hand, but now I will taste the roses of your lip ; and withal, kiss her : to which she cannot but blushing answer, Nay, now you are too ambitious.
الصفحة 238 - Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing, Come from the glen of the buck and the roe; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing, Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow. Trumpets are sounding, War-steeds...
الصفحة 8 - Fouque composed in German, one of the most successful productions of his fertile brain, where a beautiful and even afflicting effect is produced by the introduction of a waternymph, who loses the privilege of immortality by consenting to become accessible to human feelings, and uniting her lot with that of a mortal, who treats her with ingratitude. In imitation of an example so successful, the White Lady of Avenel was introduced into the story.