Waverley Novels, Volumen9Robert Cadell, Edinburgh, and Whittaker & Company London., 1819 |
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... occasion to pass that way were much surprised , and some superstitious per- sons a little alarmed , to see so strange a figure as Bow'd Davie ( i . e . Crooked David ) employ- ed in a task , for which he seemed so totally unfit , as ...
... occasion to pass that way were much surprised , and some superstitious per- sons a little alarmed , to see so strange a figure as Bow'd Davie ( i . e . Crooked David ) employ- ed in a task , for which he seemed so totally unfit , as ...
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... occasion . Throwing back his jealous glance as he was ushering her into his garden , he fancied he ob- served her ... occasions the xxii INTRODUCTION TO.
... occasion . Throwing back his jealous glance as he was ushering her into his garden , he fancied he ob- served her ... occasions the xxii INTRODUCTION TO.
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Walter Scott. greater rudeness ; and he used on such occasions the most unusual and singularly savage impre- cations and threats . " * Nature maintains a certain balance of good and evil in all her works ; and there is no state perhaps ...
Walter Scott. greater rudeness ; and he used on such occasions the most unusual and singularly savage impre- cations and threats . " * Nature maintains a certain balance of good and evil in all her works ; and there is no state perhaps ...
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... occasion for money , save to purchase snuff , his only luxury , in which he indulged himself liberally . When he died , in the beginning of the * Handful . present century , he was found to have hoarded about xxvi INTRODUCTION TO.
... occasion for money , save to purchase snuff , his only luxury , in which he indulged himself liberally . When he died , in the beginning of the * Handful . present century , he was found to have hoarded about xxvi INTRODUCTION TO.
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... occasion- al passenger approached his dwelling , the look of startled surprise with which he surveyed his per- son and his premises , and the hurried step with which he pressed his retreat as he passed the awful spot . The boldest only ...
... occasion- al passenger approached his dwelling , the look of startled surprise with which he surveyed his per- son and his premises , and the hurried step with which he pressed his retreat as he passed the awful spot . The boldest only ...
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answered arms auld bairn baith Bellenden Black Dwarf bonny Bothwell Burley called canna castle companion Cuddie daugh David Ritchie deil dinna door e'en Earnscliff Ellieslaw Elshie exclaimed eyes father followed frae gang gentleman Grace Armstrong gude hame hand head hear heard heart Heugh-foot hinny Hobbie Elliot Hobbie's honour horse I'se Ilderton Isabella JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM labour Lady Margaret Laird leave leddy look mair Mareschal maun Mause ment Milnwood misanthropy Miss Vere moor morning Morton mother Mucklestane-Moor mutchkin mysell ne'er neighbours never night Old Mortality ower party person poor popinjay puir Ratcliffe replied sae muckle Scotland seemed siller Sir Frederick Langley Solitary speak stood sure sword thae thee ther there's thing thou Tillietudlem tion weel Westburnflat whig words ye hae ye'll young Earnscliff yoursell
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Página 60 - Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us, that are squires of the night's body, be called thieves of the day's beauty : let us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon ; and let men say, we be men of good government, being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal.
Página 335 - Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music...
Página 82 - Gar warn the water, braid and wide, Gar warn it sune and hastilie ! They that winna ride for Telfer's kye, Let them never look in the face o...
Página 62 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página xx - There was nothing very uncommon about his dress. He usually wore an old slouched hat when he went abroad ; and when at home a sort of cowl or night-cap. He never wore shoes, being unable to adapt them to his misshapen fin-like feet, but always had both feet and legs quite concealed, and wrapt up with pieces of cloth.
Página 66 - Their swords are a thousand, their bosoms are one ! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock...
Página 316 - We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Página 316 - The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Página 240 - No newly-erected tomb disturbs the sober serenity of our reflections by reminding us of recent calamity, and no rank-springing grass forces upon our imagination the recollection, that it owes its dark luxuriance to the foul and festering remnants of mortality which ferment beneath. The daisy which sprinkles the sod, and the harebell which hangs over it, derive their pure nourishment from the dew of heaven, and their growth impresses us with no degrading or disgusting recollections. Death has indeed...
Página xviii - ... poor unfortunate • man's name was David Ritchie, a native of Tweeddale. He was the son of a labourer in the slate-quarries of Stobo, and must have been born in the mis-shapen form which he exhibited, though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brush-maker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his trade, from all which he was chased by the disagreeable attention which his hideous singularity of form and face attracted wherever he came.