Waverley Novels: Woodstock. The Highland widow. The two drovers. The surgeon's daughterR. Cadell, 1846 |
Z wnętrza książki
Wyniki 1 - 5 z 100
Strona 19
... better furnished with fire and candle than before ; yet about twelve at night came something in that dasht all out , then did walk about the room , making a noise , not to be set forth by the comparison with any other thing ; sometimes ...
... better furnished with fire and candle than before ; yet about twelve at night came something in that dasht all out , then did walk about the room , making a noise , not to be set forth by the comparison with any other thing ; sometimes ...
Strona 22
... better way to be revenged of him who troubled them , than according to the proverb , tell truth and shame the devil . There remains this observation to be added , that on a Wednesday morning all these officers went away ; and that since ...
... better way to be revenged of him who troubled them , than according to the proverb , tell truth and shame the devil . There remains this observation to be added , that on a Wednesday morning all these officers went away ; and that since ...
Strona 33
... better of him , —the brute weareth his own coat , and the caitiff thrall wears his master's . I have seen such a wag make a rope's end wag ere now . Where was I ? —Oh , rebuking you for your backslidings , men of Woodstock . - Yes ...
... better of him , —the brute weareth his own coat , and the caitiff thrall wears his master's . I have seen such a wag make a rope's end wag ere now . Where was I ? —Oh , rebuking you for your backslidings , men of Woodstock . - Yes ...
Strona 42
... better hopes in their thoughts , and better words in their mouths . " " Thou art but a canting varlet , ” replied the knight ; " and yet thou art right in some sense- -for it is superfluous to curse men who already are damned as black ...
... better hopes in their thoughts , and better words in their mouths . " " Thou art but a canting varlet , ” replied the knight ; " and yet thou art right in some sense- -for it is superfluous to curse men who already are damned as black ...
Strona 47
... better , friend , even of thy gravity , and thou wouldst fling thy cuckoldy steeple - hat one way , and that blood - thirsty long sword another , and trip , like the noodles of Hogs- Norton , when the pigs play on the organ . " The ...
... better , friend , even of thy gravity , and thou wouldst fling thy cuckoldy steeple - hat one way , and that blood - thirsty long sword another , and trip , like the noodles of Hogs- Norton , when the pigs play on the organ . " The ...
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
Albert Albert Lee answered apartment arms better betwixt Bletson called Captain cavalier character Charles Colonel Everard command Croftangry Cromwell daughter Desborough devil Dickes Doctor door Edinburgh Elspat endeavoured exclaimed eyes father fear feelings followed gentleman Gilbert Pearson give Glentanner Hamish hand Hartley hath head hear heard heart Heaven Highland honour Hyder Ali instantly Joceline King King's King's Oak lady Lodge look Lord Louis Kerneguy manner Markham Everard Master Holdenough Menie Gray Middlemas mind Mistress Alice Monçada mother never night occasion old knight party passed perhaps person Phoebe poor Prince quarterstaff rapier recollection replied Robin Oig Rochecliffe roundhead Scotland seemed Sir Henry Lee soldiers speak spirit sword tell thee thing thou art thou hast thought Tippoo Tomkins tone turn voice Wildrake woman Woodstock Woodstock town words yonder young Zerubbabel
Popularne fragmenty
Strona 345 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small. Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.
Strona 291 - His eye-balls farther out than when he lived. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man : His hair uprear'd, his nostrils stretch'd with struggling ; His hands abroad display'd, as one that grasp'd And tugg'd for life, and was by strength subdued.
Strona 261 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Strona 466 - And that is true enough, too," said the Englishman, struck by the appeal. "Adzooks!" exclaimed the bailiff, "sure Harry Wakefield, the nattiest lad at Whitson Tryste, Wooler Fair, Carlisle Sands, or Stagshaw Bank, is not going to show white feather? Ah, this comes of living so long with kilts and bonnets — men forget the use of their daddies." "I may teach you, Master Fleecebumpkin, that I have not lost the use of mine," said Wakefield, and then went on.
Strona 355 - A mother would not keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope.
Strona 228 - Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err, there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night...
Strona 81 - Protector of the conquer'd land ; Drawn in that look with which he wept and swore, Turn'd out the members, and made fast the door, Ridding the house of every knave and drone, Forced, though it grieved his soul, to rule alone.
Strona 138 - Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch, that lies in woe, In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Strona 353 - He would propose the health of his friend Bailie Nicol Jarvie, (loud applause)— and he was sure, that when the author of Waverley and Rob -Roy drinks to Nicol Jarvie, it would be received with that degree of applause to which that gentleman has always been accustomed, and that they would take care that on the present occasion it should be PRODIGIOUS ! (Long and vehement applause.) MR.
Strona 191 - Were there death in the cup. Here's a health to King Charles ! Though he wanders through dangers, Unaided, unknown, Dependent on strangers, Estranged from his own ; Though 'tis under our breath, Amidst forfeits and perils, Here's to honour and faith, And a health to King Charles...