Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes..James Ballantyne and Company, 1814 - 371 páginas |
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... sure as that . Ye were right to apprize me , Glennaquoich ; he may look as black as midnight at Martinmas ere Cosmo Co- myne Bradwardine shall say he does him . wrang . - Ah ! I have nae male lineage , and I should bear with one I have ...
... sure as that . Ye were right to apprize me , Glennaquoich ; he may look as black as midnight at Martinmas ere Cosmo Co- myne Bradwardine shall say he does him . wrang . - Ah ! I have nae male lineage , and I should bear with one I have ...
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... sure which he once proposed to himself upon some point of etiquette , not half so important , in his eyes , as this matter of boots or brogues , or whatever the calige shall finally be pronounced by the learn- ed . But I must go to head ...
... sure which he once proposed to himself upon some point of etiquette , not half so important , in his eyes , as this matter of boots or brogues , or whatever the calige shall finally be pronounced by the learn- ed . But I must go to head ...
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... sure , but not nearly so bad as I was led to expect . However , you cannot desert at the pre- sent moment , that seems impossible . But I have little doubt , that in the dissensions incident to this heterogeneous mass of wild and ...
... sure , but not nearly so bad as I was led to expect . However , you cannot desert at the pre- sent moment , that seems impossible . But I have little doubt , that in the dissensions incident to this heterogeneous mass of wild and ...
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... sure yours is the same , and shall be reddy for signal , and hoy for Hoy Church and Sa- chefrel , as fadur sings at harvest - whome . " Yours , deer Sur , “ H. H. " Poseriff . Do'e tell squoire we longs to heer from him , and has ...
... sure yours is the same , and shall be reddy for signal , and hoy for Hoy Church and Sa- chefrel , as fadur sings at harvest - whome . " Yours , deer Sur , “ H. H. " Poseriff . Do'e tell squoire we longs to heer from him , and has ...
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... sure . He looks as if he thought no Scottish - woman worth the trouble of handing her a cup of tea . But Waverley is so gentle , so well informed " — " Yes , he can admire the moon , and quote a stanza from Tasso . " # " Besides , you ...
... sure . He looks as if he thought no Scottish - woman worth the trouble of handing her a cup of tea . But Waverley is so gentle , so well informed " — " Yes , he can admire the moon , and quote a stanza from Tasso . " # " Besides , you ...
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Waverley, Or, 'tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes, Volume 3 Walter Scott Visualização completa - 1830 |
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since. In Three Volumes. Vol. 1.[- 3.], Volume 3 Walter Scott Visualização completa - 1821 |
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Alick answered arms auld Baillie Baron of Bradwardine battle of Preston Bodach Bradwar caliga called Captain Butler Carlisle Carlisle Castle castle CHAPTER Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel Talbot Common Moor court Davie dear Donald dragoons Duchran Duke of Cumberland Edinburgh Edward Waverley English Evan Dhu eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Fergus's Flora gentleman Glennaquoich hand happy heard Highland honour hope horse house of Stuart inclosures Ivor Jacobites Janet Lady Emily laird leave letter look Maccombich Macwheeble ment military mind Miss Bradwardine morning never night Nosebag party pass person poor Prince prisoner puir quarrel reader regiment Rose Bradwardine Royal Highness Scotland seemed shewed sion Sir Everard soldiers soon spirit Spontoon Stanley stood suppose tell thing thought tion troop Tully-Veolan turn verley Vich Ian Vohr ward wardine Waver Waverley-Honour Waverley's whilk wish words young
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