Waverley Novels, 28. kötetR. Cadell, 1831 |
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iii. oldal
... perhaps for some years after death , the " ingenious author of Waverley . " I was not , however , more desirous of this sort of immortality , which might have lasted some twenty or thirty years , than Falstaff of the em- bowelling which ...
... perhaps for some years after death , the " ingenious author of Waverley . " I was not , however , more desirous of this sort of immortality , which might have lasted some twenty or thirty years , than Falstaff of the em- bowelling which ...
iv. oldal
... perhaps for no better reason than that they had been in the habit of giving him alms , as a part of the business of their daily promenade . The general fact is undeniable , — all men grow old , all men must wear out ; but men of ...
... perhaps for no better reason than that they had been in the habit of giving him alms , as a part of the business of their daily promenade . The general fact is undeniable , — all men grow old , all men must wear out ; but men of ...
vii. oldal
... perhaps as they may look back with the eyes of favour upon the Cavaliers or Round- heads of those contentious days . I do not conceive that I have done injury to the me- mory of this gentleman , or any of his descend- ants in his person ...
... perhaps as they may look back with the eyes of favour upon the Cavaliers or Round- heads of those contentious days . I do not conceive that I have done injury to the me- mory of this gentleman , or any of his descend- ants in his person ...
xiii. oldal
... perhaps out of mere curiosity . Being tempted by something which was in his eyes a nicety , he put forth his hand , unseen , as he conceived , to appropriate it . The dumb wo- man came suddenly upon him , and in the sur- prise , forgot ...
... perhaps out of mere curiosity . Being tempted by something which was in his eyes a nicety , he put forth his hand , unseen , as he conceived , to appropriate it . The dumb wo- man came suddenly upon him , and in the sur- prise , forgot ...
xiv. oldal
... perhaps the consequence of a cer- tain aberration of the mind . I can only add , that I have every reason to believe the tale to be perfectly authentic , so far as it is here given , and it may serve to parallel the supposed case of ...
... perhaps the consequence of a cer- tain aberration of the mind . I can only add , that I have every reason to believe the tale to be perfectly authentic , so far as it is here given , and it may serve to parallel the supposed case of ...
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Act of Indemnity Alice Bridgenorth answered Bridgenorth appear arms authority better betwixt Black Bridge called Cavaliers charge child countenance Countess of Derby Court Cranbourne Dame Deborah danger death Debbitch Deemster Derbyshire desire Dryasdust Earl of Derby Edward Christian Ellesmere estates eyes father favour fear gentleman Geoffrey's give Hall hand hath hear heard heart Heaven honour horse husband island Isle Julian Peveril justice King King's Knight Lady Peveril ladyship Lance little Alice look Lord madam Majesty Major Bridgenorth manner Margaret Martindale Castle Master Bridgenorth Master Julian Mistress Deborah Moultrassie Moultrassie-Hall neighbour never noble occasion once pardon party peace Peak Peel Castle perhaps person pleasure Presbyterian present prisoner Puritans replied Roundheads seemed Sir Geoffrey Peveril Sir Jasper Solsgrace speak spirit thee thing thou thought thy fate tion Whitaker William Christian William Dhône William Peveril woman worthy XXVIII young
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212. oldal - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
xxx. oldal - General ; and in the same year we find his elder brother, John, (assistant Deemster to his father Ewan,) committed to Peel Castle on one of these occasions, which strongly marks the character of the person and the times, and affords also a glimpse at the feeling of the people, and at the condition of the devoted family of Christian.