The AntiquaryClassic Books Company, 2001 - 358 pagina's The Antiquary, Scott's personal favorite among his novels, is characteristically wry and urbane. A mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside town of Fairport. Here he is befriended by the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck, who has taken refuge from his own personal disappointments in the obsessive study of miscellaneous history. Their slow unraveling of Lovel's true identity will unearth and redeem the secrets and lies which have devastated the guilt-haunted Earl of Glenallan, and will reinstate the tottering fortunes of Sir Arthur Wardour and his daughter Isabella.First published in 1816 in the aftermath of Waterloo, The Antiquary deals with the problem of how to understand the past so as to enable the future. Set in the tense times of the wars with revolutionary France, it displays Scott's matchless skill at painting the social panorama and in creating vivid characters, from the earthy beggar Edie Ochiltree to the loquacious and shrewdly humorous Antiquary himself.The text is based on Scott's own final, authorized version, the "Magnum Opus" edition of 1829. |
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... poor Williewald , marched out of the world on a pair of damp feet caught in the Kittlefitting- moss — But that signifies nothing — I suppose I shall be expected by and by to lend a hand to carry Squire Hector out upon his litter , while ...
... poor Williewald , marched out of the world on a pair of damp feet caught in the Kittlefitting- moss — But that signifies nothing — I suppose I shall be expected by and by to lend a hand to carry Squire Hector out upon his litter , while ...
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... poor spaniel ; she's been tied up at my brother's lodgings at Fairport , and she's broke her chain twice , and come running down here to him ; and you would not have us beat the faithful beast away from the door — it moans as if it had ...
... poor spaniel ; she's been tied up at my brother's lodgings at Fairport , and she's broke her chain twice , and come running down here to him ; and you would not have us beat the faithful beast away from the door — it moans as if it had ...
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... poor shabby sixpence ? ' I will try the experiment , however , and you shall be dealt with according to its success , —always with Sir Arthur's permission . ' Sir Arthur , during this investigation , had looked extremely embarrassed ...
... poor shabby sixpence ? ' I will try the experiment , however , and you shall be dealt with according to its success , —always with Sir Arthur's permission . ' Sir Arthur , during this investigation , had looked extremely embarrassed ...
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... poor bedesman the day . ' ' Aha , old true - penny ! ' replied the Antiquary . ' Why , thou hast never come to Monkbarns since thy perils by rock and flood — here's something for thee to buy snuff , ' — and , fumbling for his purse , he ...
... poor bedesman the day . ' ' Aha , old true - penny ! ' replied the Antiquary . ' Why , thou hast never come to Monkbarns since thy perils by rock and flood — here's something for thee to buy snuff , ' — and , fumbling for his purse , he ...
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... poor drudges ye are , ' answered the nymph of the land to the nymph of the sea.— * As sune as the keel o ' the coble touches the sand , deil a bit mair will the lazy fisher loons work , but the wives maun kilt their coats , and wade ...
... poor drudges ye are , ' answered the nymph of the land to the nymph of the sea.— * As sune as the keel o ' the coble touches the sand , deil a bit mair will the lazy fisher loons work , but the wives maun kilt their coats , and wade ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
adept alarm answered Antiquary auld Bailie baith Baronet battle of Harlaw beggar better Blattergowl brother ca'd canna Captain M'Intyre Caxon Countess dear deforcement dinna distress Dousterswivel e'en Earl of Glenallan Edie Ochiltree Elspeth Eveline exclaimed eyes Fairport father fear frae gaberlunzie gang Glen Glenallan-house goot grave Greenhorn gude hand hear heard Heaven Hector himsell 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 naebody nephew never Neville night occasion old Edie Oldbuck ower person phoca pike-staff poor puir replied ruins Scotland silver Sir Arthur soldier sorrow speak spirit Steenie suppose teinds tell thae there's thing thought tion Troth uncle unco voice wad hae weel word young
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Pagina 199 - 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.
Pagina 167 - ... us maun to our wark again, if our hearts were beating as hard as my hammer.
Pagina 249 - The herring loves the merry moon-light, The mackerel loves the wind, But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 93 - He had scarce uttered the words, when it was rung again, with greater violence than before ; and the ecclesiastic, perceiving further expostulation impossible, lifted his finger at Macraw with a menacing attitude, as he left the apartment. " 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.
Pagina 3 - Raymond, as in his closet pent, Laughs at such danger and adventurement, When half his lands are spent in golden smoke, And now his second hopeful glasse is broke, But yet, if haply his third, furnace hold, Devoteth all his pots and, pans to gold.
Pagina 133 - ... 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.
Pagina 250 - I'll begin a bonnier ane than that — Now baud your tongue, baith wife and carle, And listen, great and sma', And I will sing of Glenallan's Earl That fought on the Red Harlaw. The cronach's cried on Bennachie, And doun the Don and a', And hieland and lawland may mournfu' be, For the sair field of Harlaw.
Pagina 48 - And, ere our coming, see thou shake the bags Of hoarding abbots ; angels imprisoned Set thou at liberty : the fat ribs of peace Must by the hungry now be fed upon : Use our commission in his utmost force.