... poor unfortunate • man's name was David Ritchie, a native of Tweeddale. He was the son of a labourer in the slate-quarries of Stobo, and must have been born in the mis-shapen form which he exhibited, though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when... Waverley Novels - Страница xviiiпо Walter Scott - 1829Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 392 страници
...exhibited, though he sometimes imputed it to ill usage when in infancy. He was a brushmaker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...singularity of form and face attracted wherever he came.'* — SIR WALTER SCOTT.] DRAMATIS PERSONS. STRANGER, afterwards C/ESAR. ARNOLD. BOURBON. PHILIBERT. CELLINI.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 394 страници
...exhibited, though he sometimes imputed it to ill usage when in infancy. He was a brushmaker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his trade, from all which he wa* chased by the disagreeable attention which his hideous singularity of form and face attracted wherever... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 396 страници
...exhibited, though he sometimes imputed it to ill usage when in infancy. He was a brushmaker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...singularity of form and face attracted wherever he came." — SIR WALTER SCOTT.] DRAMATIS PERSON/E. STRANGER, afterwards (1 rsvu. ARNOLD. BOURBON. PHILIBERT.... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1859 - 852 страници
...though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brush-maker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...attention which his hideous singularity of form and lace attracted wherever he came. The author understood him to say he had even been in Dublin. Tired... | |
| John Tillotson - 1859 - 176 страници
...though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brushmaker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his trade, from all of which he was chased by the disagreeable attention which his hideous singularity of form and face... | |
| Walter Scott - 1860 - 406 страници
...though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brush-maker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...the object of shouts, laughter, and derision, David Eitchie resolved like a deer hunted from the herd, to retreat to some wilderness, where he might have... | |
| Edward J. Wood - 1868 - 498 страници
...the disagreeable attention that his hideous singularity of form and face attracted wherever he went. Tired at length of being the object of shouts, laughter, and derision, Ritchie resolved to retreat to some sanctuary where he might be at peace. He therefore settled himself... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 456 страници
...though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brushmaker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...singularity of form and face attracted wherever he came. David Ritchie, besides the utter obscurity of his life while in existence, had been dead for many years,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 682 страници
...though he sometimes imputed it lo ill-usage when in infancy. He wan bred a brush-maker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...hideous singularity of form and face attracted wherever lie саше. The author understood him to say he had even been in Dublin. Tired at length of being... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1879 - 418 страници
...though he sometimes imputed, it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brush-maker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his...shouts, laughter, and derision, David Ritchie resolved, Hke a deer hunted from the herd, to retreat to some wilderness, where he might have the least possible... | |
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