Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes..James Ballantyne and Company, 1814 - 371 páginas |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 41
Página 26
... Waverley's paternal epistles con- sisted in certain mysterious hints of great- ness and influence which he was speedily to attain , and which would insure his son's obtaining the most rapid promotion , should he remain in the military ...
... Waverley's paternal epistles con- sisted in certain mysterious hints of great- ness and influence which he was speedily to attain , and which would insure his son's obtaining the most rapid promotion , should he remain in the military ...
Página 30
... ther occasion for their services ; and , in Richard Waverley's case , which the mini- ster considered as aggravated by ingrati- tude , dismissal was accompanied by some- thing like personal contempt and con- tumely . The public 30 WAVERLEY ...
... ther occasion for their services ; and , in Richard Waverley's case , which the mini- ster considered as aggravated by ingrati- tude , dismissal was accompanied by some- thing like personal contempt and con- tumely . The public 30 WAVERLEY ...
Página 31
... Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo- narch , and an ungrateful country , were the burthen of each rounded paragraph . He ...
... Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo- narch , and an ungrateful country , were the burthen of each rounded paragraph . He ...
Página 35
... Waverley - Honour about thirty years ago . These letters , as might have been ex- pected , highly excited Waverley's indig- nation . From the desultory style of his studies , he had not any fixed political opi- nion to place in ...
... Waverley - Honour about thirty years ago . These letters , as might have been ex- pected , highly excited Waverley's indig- nation . From the desultory style of his studies , he had not any fixed political opi- nion to place in ...
Página 47
... Waverley's father held in the mini- stry , and Edward's own commission in the army of George II . These obstacles were now removed , and in a manner which ap- parently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to another ...
... Waverley's father held in the mini- stry , and Edward's own commission in the army of George II . These obstacles were now removed , and in a manner which ap- parently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to another ...
Outras edições - Ver todos
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes.. Sir Walter Scott Visualização completa - 1814 |
Waverley, Or, 'tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes, Volume 2 Walter Scott Visualização completa - 1830 |
Termos e frases comuns
accou answered appeared arms army attend auld Baillie Balmawhapple Baron Bradwardine Cairnvreckan Callum Beg Captain Castle cause charge Chevalier Chief Chieftain clan Colonel command dear detained dress Earl of Glencairn Edinburgh Edward English Ensign Maccombich Erastian eyes father favour feelings Fergus Mac-Ivor Flockhart Flora followed frae gentleman Gilfillan give Glennaquoich hand head heard hero Highland Highland ponies honour hope horse house of Stuart Ivor Jabesh Jacobite join journey laird leave Lero letter Lowland Macwheeble Major Melville maun ment military mind Miss Mac-Ivor Morton never night numbers observed occasion officer pain party passed person pibroch plaid portmanteau present Prince rank received regiment reply Scotland seemed shew silence soldiers spirit Stirling Stirling Castle Stuart sword tain tartan ther thought tion troop Tully-Veolan verley verley's Vich Ian Vohr voice ward Waver Waverley Waverley-Honour Waverley's whig wish young
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página 79 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...