Waverley Novels, Том 28R. Cadell, 1831 |
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... thing ; and as I was not aware that such a person had existed , I could hardly be said to have traduced his character . It is sufficient for my justifica- tion , that there lived at the period of my story a person named Edward Christian ...
... thing ; and as I was not aware that such a person had existed , I could hardly be said to have traduced his character . It is sufficient for my justifica- tion , that there lived at the period of my story a person named Edward Christian ...
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... greatly different from my great prototype ; nor can I be accused of borrowing any thing , save the general idea , from an author , the honour of his own coun- try , and an example to the authors of other Χ INTRODUCTION TO.
... greatly different from my great prototype ; nor can I be accused of borrowing any thing , save the general idea , from an author , the honour of his own coun- try , and an example to the authors of other Χ INTRODUCTION TO.
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... things being agreed , Captain Christian cunningly begins dis- turbance ; the Earl's reply and speech to the people ; Christian is stroke blank ; several people committed to prison and fined , which quiets them . " these meetings it ...
... things being agreed , Captain Christian cunningly begins dis- turbance ; the Earl's reply and speech to the people ; Christian is stroke blank ; several people committed to prison and fined , which quiets them . " these meetings it ...
Страница xxiii
... things ( says the Earl ) " he had instructed the people to aske ; which happily they had forgot . " The Earl accordingly rose in wrath , and , after a short speech , " bade the court to rise , and no man to speak more . ' - " Some ...
... things ( says the Earl ) " he had instructed the people to aske ; which happily they had forgot . " The Earl accordingly rose in wrath , and , after a short speech , " bade the court to rise , and no man to speak more . ' - " Some ...
Страница xxv
... thing , they make the stipulation perfect per traditionem stipula , " ( by the delivery of a straw . ) Perhaps a more feasible etymology of stipulation , than the usual derivation from stipes ( a stake or land - mark ) , or stips ( a ...
... thing , they make the stipulation perfect per traditionem stipula , " ( by the delivery of a straw . ) Perhaps a more feasible etymology of stipulation , than the usual derivation from stipes ( a stake or land - mark ) , or stips ( a ...
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Act of Indemnity Alice Bridgenorth answered Bridgenorth appear arms authority better betwixt Black Bridge called Cavaliers charge child countenance Countess of Derby Court Cranbourne Dame Deborah danger death Debbitch Deemster Derbyshire desire Dryasdust Earl of Derby Edward Christian Ellesmere estates eyes father favour fear gentleman Geoffrey's give Hall hand hath hear heard heart Heaven honour horse husband island Isle Julian Peveril justice King King's Knight Lady Peveril ladyship Lance little Alice look Lord madam Majesty Major Bridgenorth manner Margaret Martindale Castle Master Bridgenorth Master Julian Mistress Deborah Moultrassie Moultrassie-Hall neighbour never noble occasion once pardon party peace Peak Peel Castle perhaps person pleasure Presbyterian present prisoner Puritans replied Roundheads seemed Sir Geoffrey Peveril Sir Jasper Solsgrace speak spirit thee thing thou thought thy fate tion Whitaker William Christian William Dhône William Peveril woman worthy XXVIII young
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Страница xxx - General ; and in the same year we find his elder brother, John, (assistant Deemster to his father Ewan,) committed to Peel Castle on one of these occasions, which strongly marks the character of the person and the times, and affords also a glimpse at the feeling of the people, and at the condition of the devoted family of Christian.