The Antiquary, Volume 1Van Winkle and Wiley, 1816 |
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Pagina 6
... lady of the subterranean mansion might have an understanding with her Automedon , that , in such cases , a little space was to be allowed for the chance of filling up the vacant places or the said Automedon might have been attending a ...
... lady of the subterranean mansion might have an understanding with her Automedon , that , in such cases , a little space was to be allowed for the chance of filling up the vacant places or the said Automedon might have been attending a ...
Pagina 8
... lady of the cavern . " Good woman , —what the d - l is ther name ? — Mrs. Macleuchar ! " . Mrs. Macleuchar , aware that she had a defensive part to sustain in the encounter which was to follow , was in no hurry to hasten the discussion ...
... lady of the cavern . " Good woman , —what the d - l is ther name ? — Mrs. Macleuchar ! " . Mrs. Macleuchar , aware that she had a defensive part to sustain in the encounter which was to follow , was in no hurry to hasten the discussion ...
Pagina 9
... lady , her shrill tone of expostulation sinking into a kind of apologetic whine ; " Is it the coach ye can have been waiting for ? " " What else could have kept us broiling in the sun by the side of the gutter here , you - you faith ...
... lady , her shrill tone of expostulation sinking into a kind of apologetic whine ; " Is it the coach ye can have been waiting for ? " " What else could have kept us broiling in the sun by the side of the gutter here , you - you faith ...
Pagina 28
... lady , after courtesying to Lovel , had taken the opportunity to make her escape during this enumeration of losses . " You'll be poisoned here with the volumes of dust they have raised , ” continued the Antiquary , " but I assure you ...
... lady , after courtesying to Lovel , had taken the opportunity to make her escape during this enumeration of losses . " You'll be poisoned here with the volumes of dust they have raised , ” continued the Antiquary , " but I assure you ...
Pagina 29
... Lady ; although , to judge from his own looks , the gentle knight had less reason to be disgusted with the match on account of disparity of outward favour , than the romancer has given us to understand . The rest of the room was ...
... Lady ; although , to judge from his own looks , the gentle knight had less reason to be disgusted with the match on account of disparity of outward favour , than the romancer has given us to understand . The rest of the room was ...
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acts of parliament Aldobrand Oldenbuck ancient aneugh answered Lovel Antiquary auld baronet beggar beneath brother called canna Captain M'Intyre castle castra Caxon chair crag De'il dear didna door doubt Dousterswivel Edie exclaimed eyes Fairport father favour fear feel fellow Fowlsheugh frae gang ghaist goot Green Room Grizel gude hand Harz haud head heard Heaven him-I honour hospitium human voices Hypericon Isabella Jenny kelp Knockwinnock ladies lassie Lesley look madam Mailsetter mair Martin Waldeck maun means mendicant mind Miss Oldbuck Miss Wardour Monkbarns mony morning muckle Mucklebackit mysel never night Ochiltree ony thing ower poor porridge post chaise precipice rope ruins Scotland secured Sir Arthur sister sort speak spirit Taffril thae there's thou thought tide tion turned voice wad hae wadna walk weel wind window winna womankind ye maun ye'll yonder
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Pagina 130 - 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...
Pagina 77 - My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirr'd, 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 time takes away, Than what he leaves behind.
Pagina 76 - Still, however, loath to relinquish the last hopes of life, they bent their eyes on the black rock pointed out by Ochiltree. It was yet distinctly visible among the breakers, and continued to be so, until they came to a turn in their precarious path, where an intervening projection of rock hid it from their sight. Deprived of the view of the beacon on which they had relied, they now experienced the double agony of terror and suspense. They struggled forward, however; but, when they arrived at the...
Pagina 130 - 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...
Pagina 77 - can you think of nothing? — of no help? I'll make you rich; I'll give you a farm; I'll—' 'Our riches will be soon equal,' said the beggar, looking out upon the strife of the waters; 'they are sae already, for I hae nae land, and you would give your fair bounds and barony for a square yard of rock that would be dry for twal hours.
Pagina 72 - The sun was now resting his huge disk upon the edge of the level ocean, and gilded the accumulation of towering clouds through which he had travelled the livelong day, and which now assembled on all sides, like misfortunes and disasters around a sinking empire and falling monarch.
Pagina 84 - Know'st thou not me!" the Deep Voice cried, "So long enjoyed, so oft misused — Alternate, in thy fickle pride, Desired, neglected, and accused? "Before my breath, like, blazing flax, Man and his marvels pass away; And changing empires wane and wax, Are founded, flourish and decay. "Redeem mine hours — the space is brief — While in my glass the sand-grains shiver, And measureless thy joy or grief, When Time and thou shalt part for ever!
Pagina 84 - the Deep Voice cried, " So long enjoyed, so oft misused — Alternate, in thy fickle pride, Desired, neglected, and accused? " Before my breath, like blazing flax, Man and his marvels pass away ; And changing empires wane and wax, Are founded, flourish, and decay. " Redeem mine hours — the space is brief — While in my glass the sand-grains shiver, And measureless thy joy or grief, When TIME and thou...
Pagina 3 - THE present Work completes a series of fictitious narratives, intended to illustrate the manners of Scotland at three different periods. WAVERLEY embraced the age of our fathers, GUY MANNERING that of our own youth, and the ANTIQUARY refers to the last ten years of the eighteenth century.
Pagina 72 - ... their existence by here and there a peak entirely bare, or by the breakers which foamed over those that were partially covered, rendered Knockwinnock Bay dreaded by pilots and ship-masters. The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland...