Waverley Novels, Volumen9Robert Cadell, Edinburgh, and Whittaker & Company London., 1819 |
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... soon frighted for himsell - And , for the worricows , were we to meet ane on this very bit "" As is not unlikely , " said young Earnscliff , " for there stands your old witch , Hobbie . " " I say , " continued Elliot , as if indignant ...
... soon frighted for himsell - And , for the worricows , were we to meet ane on this very bit "" As is not unlikely , " said young Earnscliff , " for there stands your old witch , Hobbie . " " I say , " continued Elliot , as if indignant ...
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... soon confronted the object of their investigation . The height of the figure , which appeared even to decrease as they approached it , seemed to be under four feet , and its form , as far as the imperfect light afforded them the means ...
... soon confronted the object of their investigation . The height of the figure , which appeared even to decrease as they approached it , seemed to be under four feet , and its form , as far as the imperfect light afforded them the means ...
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... soon find covers a hook with barbs ten times sharper than those you lay for the animals which you murder for your luxury ! " " I tell you , my friend , " again replied Earnscliff , " you are incapable of judging of your own situation ...
... soon find covers a hook with barbs ten times sharper than those you lay for the animals which you murder for your luxury ! " " I tell you , my friend , " again replied Earnscliff , " you are incapable of judging of your own situation ...
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... soon as Earnscliff had been duly welcomed , and hasty orders issued for some addition to the evening meal , his grand - dame and sisters opened their battery upon Hobbie Elliot for his lack of success against the deer . " Jenny needna ...
... soon as Earnscliff had been duly welcomed , and hasty orders issued for some addition to the evening meal , his grand - dame and sisters opened their battery upon Hobbie Elliot for his lack of success against the deer . " Jenny needna ...
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... soon assumed the appearance of the walls of a hut , which , though very small , and constructed only of stones and turf , without any mortar , exhibited , from the unusual size of the stones employed , an appearance of solidity very ...
... soon assumed the appearance of the walls of a hut , which , though very small , and constructed only of stones and turf , without any mortar , exhibited , from the unusual size of the stones employed , an appearance of solidity very ...
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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.