 ... and could it have • been possible for me, with a moderate attention to decorum, to introduce any scene more lively than might be produced by the jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-de-chambre,...  Waverley - Page 12by Sir Walter Scott - 1923Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 308 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-de-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...? Again, had my title borne " Waverley, a Romance, fi.Ofii the German," what head so obtuse as not to image forth a profligate abbot, an oppressive duke,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 880 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's nlle-ae-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...profligate abbot, an oppressive duke, a secret and mysteri«u» association of Rosycrucians and Illuminati, with ill their properties of black cowls,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 pages
...blood and horror which she hail heard in the servants' hall? Again, had my title borne, " Waverlcy, a Romance from the German," what head so obtuse as...oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious association of Roeycrucians and Illuminât!, with all their properties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 508 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-de-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which she had heard in the servants' hall? Again, had mj title borne, "Waverley, a Romance from the German," what head so obtuse as not to image forth a... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 712 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-de-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...title borne, " Waverley, a Romance from the German," «hat head so obtuse as not to image forth a profligate abbot, an oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 850 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-do-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which she had heard in the servants' liall? Again, had my title borne " \/averley, a Romance from the German," what head so obtuse as not... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 604 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-dechamber, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious association of Rosicrusians and illuminati, with all their properties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 604 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-dechamber, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious association of Rosicrusians and illuminati, with all their properties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1870 - 544 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille-de-chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious association of Rosycruciaus and Illuminati, with all their properties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - Novelists, English - 1872 - 502 pages
...jocularity of a clownish but faithful valet, or the garrulous narrative of the heroine's fille de chambre, when rehearsing the stories of blood and horror which...abbot, an oppressive duke, a secret and mysterious associaminds of others. Mr. Scott has put the Border Minstrelsy and scattered traditions of the country... | |
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