Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years SinceDavid Wilson, 1870 - 503 páginas |
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... chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen friend , who had the same taste with myself , and alternately to recite to each other such wild adventures as we were able to devise . We told , each in turn , interminable ...
... chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen friend , who had the same taste with myself , and alternately to recite to each other such wild adventures as we were able to devise . We told , each in turn , interminable ...
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... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from overrunning his game , that is , from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the instructor had to combat ...
... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from overrunning his game , that is , from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the instructor had to combat ...
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... chief favourites ; and from those of Brantome and de la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose yet supersti- tious character of the nobles of the League , with the stern , rigid , and sometimes turbulent disposition of the ...
... chief favourites ; and from those of Brantome and de la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose yet supersti- tious character of the nobles of the League , with the stern , rigid , and sometimes turbulent disposition of the ...
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... chief pleasure of his own youthful days . But although Edward eagerly carried the gun for one season , yet when practice had given him some dexterity , the pastime ceased to afford him amusement . In the succeeding spring , the perusal ...
... chief pleasure of his own youthful days . But although Edward eagerly carried the gun for one season , yet when practice had given him some dexterity , the pastime ceased to afford him amusement . In the succeeding spring , the perusal ...
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... chief of which was a predominant , anxious , and even solemn impression , that he was now in a great measure abandoned to his own guidance and direction , Edward Waverley departed from the Hall amid the blessings and tears of all the ...
... chief of which was a predominant , anxious , and even solemn impression , that he was now in a great measure abandoned to his own guidance and direction , Edward Waverley departed from the Hall amid the blessings and tears of all the ...
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