Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years SinceDavid Wilson, 1870 - 503 páginas |
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... never been expected or hoped for . The severe studies necessary to render me fit for my profession occupied the greater part of my time ; and the society of my friends and companions who were about to enter life along with me , filled ...
... never been expected or hoped for . The severe studies necessary to render me fit for my profession occupied the greater part of my time ; and the society of my friends and companions who were about to enter life along with me , filled ...
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... never resumed , but I did not abandon the idea of fictitious composition in prose , though I determined to give another turn to the style of the work . My early recollections of the Highland scenery and customs made so favourable an ...
... never resumed , but I did not abandon the idea of fictitious composition in prose , though I determined to give another turn to the style of the work . My early recollections of the Highland scenery and customs made so favourable an ...
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... never seen in the printing office ; and thus the curiosity of such eager inquirers as made the most minute investigation , was entirely at fault . But although the cause of concealing the author's name in the first instance , when the ...
... never seen in the printing office ; and thus the curiosity of such eager inquirers as made the most minute investigation , was entirely at fault . But although the cause of concealing the author's name in the first instance , when the ...
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... never expected or hoped to disguise my connection with these Novels from any one who lived on terms of intimacy with me . The number of coincidences which necessarily existed between narratives recounted , modes of expression , and ...
... never expected or hoped to disguise my connection with these Novels from any one who lived on terms of intimacy with me . The number of coincidences which necessarily existed between narratives recounted , modes of expression , and ...
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... never hoped to impose upon Lord Byron in a case of the kind ; and from the manner in which he uniformly ex- pressed himself , I knew his opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savoured of ...
... never hoped to impose upon Lord Byron in a case of the kind ; and from the manner in which he uniformly ex- pressed himself , I knew his opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savoured of ...
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