Waverley Novels, Band 6Robert Cadell, Edinburgh, and Whittaker & Company London., 1829 |
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adept answered Antiquary auld Bailie baith Baronet battle of Harlaw beggar better Blattergowl ca'd canna Captain M'Intyre Caxon Countess dear deforcement dinna distress Dousterswivel e'en Earl of Glenallan Edie Ochiltree Elspeth exclaimed eyes Fairport father fear frae gaberlunzie gang Glenallan-house goot grave Greenhorn gude hand hear heard Heaven Hector hinnies honour hope horse Jenny kend Knockwinnock lady leddy look Lord Geraldin Lord Glenallan lordship Lovel magistrate mair maun mendicant mind Miss Wardour Misticot's Monkbarns mony mother muckle Mucklebackit nephew neral never Neville night occasion Ochil old Edie Oldbuck ower phoca pike-staff poor puir replied ruins Scotland silver Sir Arthur soldier sorrow speak spirit St Ruth Steenie suppose sure tell thae ther there's thing thought tion Troth uncle unco voice wad hae weel woman womankind word ye'll young
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Seite 138 - The coffin, covered with a pall, and supported upon handspikes by the nearest relatives, now only waited the father to support the head, as is customary. Two or three of these privileged persons spoke to him, but he only answered by shaking his hand and his head in token of refusal.
Seite 130 - ... in it, after the beloved object is withdrawn-. The old man had made the most desperate efforts to save his son, and had only been withheld by main force from renewing them at a moment when, without the possibility of assisting the sufferer, he must himself have perished. All this apparently was boiling in his recollection. His glance was directed sidelong towards the coffin, as to an object on which he could not steadfastly look, and yet from which he could not withdraw his eyes. His answers...
Seite 132 - The sorrow of the children was mingled with wonder at the preparations they beheld around them, and at the unusual display of wheaten bread and wine, which the poorest peasant, or fisher, offers to the guests on these mournful occasions; and thus their grief for their brother's death was almost already lost in admiration of the splendor of his funeral.
Seite 339 - Sir,' she replied, with the spirit of a Roman matron, 'none can know better than you that my son is the only prop by which, since his father's death, our family is supported. But I would rather see him dead on that hearth than hear that he had been a horse's length behind his companions in the defence of his king and country.
Seite 93 - I tell'd ye sae," said the Aberdeen man in a whisper to Edie, and then proceeded to open the door near which they had observed the chaplain stationed. CHAPTER XXVIII -This ring,— This little ring, with necromantic force. Has raised the ghost of Pleasure to my fears, Conjured the sense of honour and of love Into such shapes, they fright me from myself The Fatal Marriage.
Seite 33 - Your marchesite, your tutie, your magnesia, Your toad, your crow, your dragon, and your panther ; Your sun, your moon, your firmament, your adrop, Your lato, azoch, zernich, chibrit, heautarit, And then your red man, and your white woman, With all your broths, your menstrues, and materials Of piss and egg-shells, women's terms, man's blood, Hair o...
Seite 138 - Two or three of these privileged persons spoke to him, hut he only answered by shaking his hand and his head in token of refusal. With better intention than judgment, the friends, who considered this as an act of duty on the part of the living, and of decency towards the deceased, would have proceeded to enforce their, request, had not Oldbuck interfered between the distressed father and his well-meaning tormentors, and informed them, that he himself, as landlord and master to the deceased, " would...
Seite 132 - ... for the first time, acquired sense to comprehend her inexpressible calamity. These alternate feelings of embarrassment, wonder, and grief, seemed to succeed each other more than once upon her torpid features. But she spoke not a word, neither had she shed a tear ; nor did one of the family understand, either from look or expression, to what extent she comprehended the uncommon bustle around her.