[Waverley, Or ’Tis Sixty Years Hence Complete by Sir Walter Scott]@TWC D-Link bookWaverley, Or ’Tis Sixty Years Hence Complete CHAPTER V 14/55
There is a prolix account of the marriage-feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison.
We also see that a suitable song was produced by Peretto on the occasion, and that the bishop, who blessed the bridal beds which received the happy couples, was no niggard of his holy water, bestowing half a gallon upon each of the couches.
We regret we cannot give these curiosities to the reader in detail, but we hope to expose the manuscript to abler antiquaries, so soon as it shall be framed and glazed by the ingenious artist who rendered that service to Mr. Ireland's Shakspeare manuscripts.
And so (being unable to lay aside the style to which our pen is habituated), gentle reader, we bid thee heartily farewell. No.
III. ANECDOTE OF SCHOOL DAYS, UPON WHICH MR.
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