Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years SinceDavid Wilson, 1870 - 503 páginas |
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... least , it must re- main uncertain whether Waverley be the work of a poet or a critic , a lawyer or a clergyman , or whether the writer , to use Mrs. Malaprop's phrase , be , " like Cerberus - three gentlemen at once . " The Author , as ...
... least , it must re- main uncertain whether Waverley be the work of a poet or a critic , a lawyer or a clergyman , or whether the writer , to use Mrs. Malaprop's phrase , be , " like Cerberus - three gentlemen at once . " The Author , as ...
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... least , from my having broken a blood - vessel ; and motion and speech were for a long time pronounced positively dangerous . For several weeks I was confined strictly to my bed , during which time I was not allowed to speak above a ...
... least , from my having broken a blood - vessel ; and motion and speech were for a long time pronounced positively dangerous . For several weeks I was confined strictly to my bed , during which time I was not allowed to speak above a ...
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... least in a great measure true . The lapse of nearly two years , during which I was left to the exercise of my own free will , was followed by a temporary residence in the country , where I was again very lonely but for the amusement ...
... least in a great measure true . The lapse of nearly two years , during which I was left to the exercise of my own free will , was followed by a temporary residence in the country , where I was again very lonely but for the amusement ...
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... least equal to those of his elder brother , he added a power of social humour , and a deep insight into human character , which rendered him an universally delightful member of society , and that the habit of composition alone was want ...
... least equal to those of his elder brother , he added a power of social humour , and a deep insight into human character , which rendered him an universally delightful member of society , and that the habit of composition alone was want ...
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... least , to whom I am greatly obliged for the fidelity with which they observed that trust , until the derangement of the affairs of my publishers , Messrs . Constable and Co. , and the exposure of their accompt - books , which was the ...
... least , to whom I am greatly obliged for the fidelity with which they observed that trust , until the derangement of the affairs of my publishers , Messrs . Constable and Co. , and the exposure of their accompt - books , which was the ...
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