Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years SinceDavid Wilson, 1870 - 503 páginas |
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... Edward Waverley , was of a nature somewhat desultory . In infancy , his health suffered , or was supposed to suffer ( which is quite the same thing ) , by the air of London . As soon , therefore , as official duties , attendance on ...
... Edward Waverley , was of a nature somewhat desultory . In infancy , his health suffered , or was supposed to suffer ( which is quite the same thing ) , by the air of London . As soon , therefore , as official duties , attendance on ...
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... Edward Waverley was remote from either of these . His powers of apprehension were so un- commonly quick , as almost to resemble intuition , and the chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from ...
... Edward Waverley was remote from either of these . His powers of apprehension were so un- commonly quick , as almost to resemble intuition , and the chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from ...
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... Edward Waver- ley might justly be considered as ignorant , since he knew little of what adds dignity to man , and qualifies him to support and adorn an elevated situation in society . The occasional attention of his parents might indeed ...
... Edward Waver- ley might justly be considered as ignorant , since he knew little of what adds dignity to man , and qualifies him to support and adorn an elevated situation in society . The occasional attention of his parents might indeed ...
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... 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 of old Isaac Walton's fascinating volume determined Edward ...
... 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 of old Isaac Walton's fascinating volume determined Edward ...
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... Edward was a little bookish , he admitted , but youth , he had always heard , was the season for learning , and , no doubt , when his rage for letters was abated , and his head fully stocked with knowledge , his nephew would take to ...
... Edward was a little bookish , he admitted , but youth , he had always heard , was the season for learning , and , no doubt , when his rage for letters was abated , and his head fully stocked with knowledge , his nephew would take to ...
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