The AntiquaryAdam & Charles Black, 1886 - 438 pagina's |
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Pagina 1
... give pathos to their grief , and dignity to their resentment . I have been more solicitous to describe manners minutely , than to arrange in any case an artificial and combined narra- tive , and have but to regret that I felt myself ...
... give pathos to their grief , and dignity to their resentment . I have been more solicitous to describe manners minutely , than to arrange in any case an artificial and combined narra- tive , and have but to regret that I felt myself ...
Pagina 3
... gives the following account of one class of this order of men in the seventeenth century , in terms which would induce an anti- quary like Mr. Oldbuck to regret its extinction . He conceives them to be descended from the ancient bards ...
... gives the following account of one class of this order of men in the seventeenth century , in terms which would induce an anti- quary like Mr. Oldbuck to regret its extinction . He conceives them to be descended from the ancient bards ...
Pagina 8
... give you change for a note , laird , " replied Andrew . Like most who have arisen to the head of their profession , the modern degradation which mendicity has undergone was often the subject of Andrew's lamentations . As a trade , he ...
... give you change for a note , laird , " replied Andrew . Like most who have arisen to the head of their profession , the modern degradation which mendicity has undergone was often the subject of Andrew's lamentations . As a trade , he ...
Pagina 9
... give dinner parties . I know not if it be worth while to observe , that the Antiquary was not so well received on its first appearance as either of its predecessors , though in course of time it rose to equal , and with some readers ...
... give dinner parties . I know not if it be worth while to observe , that the Antiquary was not so well received on its first appearance as either of its predecessors , though in course of time it rose to equal , and with some readers ...
Pagina 15
... give due emphasis to one or two peevish pshaws , he hailed the old lady of the cavern . " Good woman , -what the d - 1 is her name ? -Mrs . Macleuchar ! " Mrs. Macleuchar , aware that she had a defensive part to sustain in the encounter ...
... give due emphasis to one or two peevish pshaws , he hailed the old lady of the cavern . " Good woman , -what the d - 1 is her name ? -Mrs . Macleuchar ! " Mrs. Macleuchar , aware that she had a defensive part to sustain in the encounter ...
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