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Pagina 31
... observed , the villains were called Colve - carles , or Kolb - kerls , that is , Clavigeri , or club - bearers . For the truth of this custom , he quoted the chronicle of Antwerp , and that of St. Martín , against which autho- rities ...
... observed , the villains were called Colve - carles , or Kolb - kerls , that is , Clavigeri , or club - bearers . For the truth of this custom , he quoted the chronicle of Antwerp , and that of St. Martín , against which autho- rities ...
Pagina 40
... observed them . " " In time , sir , and by good instruction " - " You will become more apt . I doubt it not . You ... observe , for example , that I could press into my service Claudian's famous line , " Ille Caledoniis posuit qui castra ...
... observed them . " " In time , sir , and by good instruction " - " You will become more apt . I doubt it not . You ... observe , for example , that I could press into my service Claudian's famous line , " Ille Caledoniis posuit qui castra ...
Pagina 56
... for the original descent : something of the German boorish- ness still flows in the blood ; something of the whig gish and perverse opposition to established rank and privilege . You may observe that he never has any 56 THE ANTIQUARY .
... for the original descent : something of the German boorish- ness still flows in the blood ; something of the whig gish and perverse opposition to established rank and privilege . You may observe that he never has any 56 THE ANTIQUARY .
Pagina 57
Walter Scott. privilege . You may observe that he never has any advantage of me in dispute ,, unless when he avails bimself of a sort of pettifogging intimacy with dates , names , and trifling matters of fact , a tiresome and fri- volous ...
Walter Scott. privilege . You may observe that he never has any advantage of me in dispute ,, unless when he avails bimself of a sort of pettifogging intimacy with dates , names , and trifling matters of fact , a tiresome and fri- volous ...
Pagina 67
... observed the arbiter . " Not a whit , not a whit , " said Oldbuck ; " men fight best in a narrow ring - an inch is as good as a mile for a home thrust . " " It is decidedly Celtic , " said the baronet ; " every hill in the Highlands ...
... observed the arbiter . " Not a whit , not a whit , " said Oldbuck ; " men fight best in a narrow ring - an inch is as good as a mile for a home thrust . " " It is decidedly Celtic , " said the baronet ; " every hill in the Highlands ...
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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 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...