Waverley Novels: The antiquary. The black dwarf. Old mortalityR. Cadell, 1843 |
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Página 43
... replied the Antiquary , somewhat tartly . " Permit me , Mr. Oldbuck - he was a gentleman of high family , and ancient descent , and therefore " - " The descendant of a Westphalian printer should speak of him with deference ? Such may be ...
... replied the Antiquary , somewhat tartly . " Permit me , Mr. Oldbuck - he was a gentleman of high family , and ancient descent , and therefore " - " The descendant of a Westphalian printer should speak of him with deference ? Such may be ...
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... replied the young lady , " by your - I would not willingly use a strong word - your romantic and hopeless pertinacity . It is for yourself I plead , that you would consider the calls which your country has upon your talents that you ...
... replied the young lady , " by your - I would not willingly use a strong word - your romantic and hopeless pertinacity . It is for yourself I plead , that you would consider the calls which your country has upon your talents that you ...
Página 83
... replied— “ Wait , young man - wait till your bark has been battered by the storm of sixty years of mortal vicissitude : you will learn by that time to reef your sails , that she may obey the helm ; -or , in the language of this world ...
... replied— “ Wait , young man - wait till your bark has been battered by the storm of sixty years of mortal vicissitude : you will learn by that time to reef your sails , that she may obey the helm ; -or , in the language of this world ...
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... replied Lovel , “ and ask you what is your opinion of dreams ? " " Of dreams , you foolish lad ! —why , what should I think of them but as the deceptions of imagination when reason drops the reins ? I know no difference betwixt them and ...
... replied Lovel , “ and ask you what is your opinion of dreams ? " " Of dreams , you foolish lad ! —why , what should I think of them but as the deceptions of imagination when reason drops the reins ? I know no difference betwixt them and ...
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... replied Oldbuck , knowingly , " I begin to understand your application of my ancestor's motto . You are a candidate for public favour , though not in the way I first suspected , -you are ambitious to shine as a literary character , and ...
... replied Oldbuck , knowingly , " I begin to understand your application of my ancestor's motto . You are a candidate for public favour , though not in the way I first suspected , -you are ambitious to shine as a literary character , and ...
Términos y frases comunes
answered Antiquary arms auld Balfour better Bothwell Burley called canna Castle Caxon Claverhouse command Covenanters Cuddie dinna door Dousterswivel e'en Earl Earnscliff Edie Ochiltree Edith Ellieslaw Elshie Erastian exclaimed eyes Fairport father favour fear followed frae gang gentleman gude hand head hear heard Hector Henry Morton hinny Hobbie honour horse Ilderton insurgents Isabella Jenny Knockwinnock Lady Margaret leddy look Lord Evandale Lord Glenallan Lovel mair Major Bellenden maun mendicant Milnwood mind Miss Bellenden Miss Vere Miss Wardour Monkbarns mony morning Morton mother muckle never night occasion Old Mortality Oldbuck onything ower party person popinjay prisoner puir Ratcliffe replied Scotland seemed Sir Arthur soldier speak spirit suppose sword tell thae thee there's thou thought Tillietudlem voice wad hae weel whig woman word ye'll young
Pasajes populares
Página 64 - For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. Thus fares it still in our decay ; And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.
Página 106 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Página 517 - And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: And all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour And thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 497 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Página 98 - scape hanging for killing that rogue. I have forsworn his company hourly any time this two-and-twenty years, and yet I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged : it could not be else : I have drunk medicines.
Página 322 - 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 252 - Beneficia eo usque laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere, pro gratia odium redditur.
Página 111 - As when a gryphon, through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold...
Página 225 - Crabbed age and youth cannot live together Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare; Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; Youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Página 106 - I know each lane, and every alley green, Dingle, or bushy dell of this wild wood, And every bosky bourn from side to side, My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood...