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...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed c...

...WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Wa... ...WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Waverley or ‘Tis... ...TY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a pu... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...lar to those which have been so christened for half a century past? I must modestly admit I am too diffident of my own merit to place it in unnecessar... ...that, short as it is, may be held as pledg- ing the author to some special mode of laying his scene, draw- ing his characters, and managing his advent... ...e of her solitary hours, which she fortu- nately finds always the means of transporting from castle to cottage, although she herself be sometimes obli... ...arge from among the sunburnt loiterers, saluted him with a sound cuff, and transported him back to his dungeon, the little white- headed varlet scream...

Excerpt: Waverley or ?Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott.

...A LEGEND OF MONTROSE by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Mont... ...ND OF MONTROSE by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of t... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...02-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, t... ..., p. 59.] In quoting these ancient authorities, I must not forget the more modern sketch of a Scottish soldier of the old fashion, by a masterhand, in... ...thor is so far fortunate in having incurred his censure, that it gives his modesty a de- cent apology for quoting the praise, which it would have ill-... ...always a naked side, seeing that cannon and munition, where they cannot be transported by land, may be right easily brought by sea near to the place w... ... as many women and children, by whom Ranald MacEagh was received with such transports of joy, as made his companion easily sensible that those by whom...

...nt, eldest son of William Earl of Airth and Menteith, and the singular circumstances attending the birth and history of James Stewart of Ardvoirlich, by whose hand the unfortunate nobleman fell....

...Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ... Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- tabl... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...tle of Hastings, and it had been used, as our histories assure us, with no moderate hand. The whole race of Saxon princes and nobles had been extir- p... ... was put on by slipping it over the head and shoulders, in the manner of a modern shirt, or ancient hauberk. Sandals, bound with thongs made of boars’... ...ed and broken up by 103 Sir Walter Scott the carriages which had recently transported articles of vari- ous kinds to the tournament; and it was dark,... ...any, and dear even to you, that I be- seech you to let this sick person be transported with care and tenderness under your protection. For, if evil ch...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood...

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...wever, pretend to have approached the task with the same feelings; for the candid Robertson himself confesses having felt the prejudices with which a Scottishman is tempted to regard the subject; and what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a prejudice, almost as natural to him as his native air, will not be f...