Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years SinceDavid Wilson, 1870 - 503 páginas |
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... occasion the various legends , family traditions , or obscure historical facts , which have formed the ground - work of these Novels , and to give some account of the places where the scenes are laid , when these are alto- gether or in ...
... occasion the various legends , family traditions , or obscure historical facts , which have formed the ground - work of these Novels , and to give some account of the places where the scenes are laid , when these are alto- gether or in ...
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... occasion . He may be a writer new to publication , and unwilling to avow a character to which he is unaccustomed ; or he may be a hackneyed author who is ashamed of too frequent appearance , and employs this mystery , as the heroine of ...
... occasion . He may be a writer new to publication , and unwilling to avow a character to which he is unaccustomed ; or he may be a hackneyed author who is ashamed of too frequent appearance , and employs this mystery , as the heroine of ...
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... occasion to take on myself the personal risk of discomfiture . For this purpose considerable pre- cautions were used to preserve secrecy . My old friend and school- fellow , Mr. James Ballantyne , who printed these Novels , had the ...
... occasion to take on myself the personal risk of discomfiture . For this purpose considerable pre- cautions were used to preserve secrecy . My old friend and school- fellow , Mr. James Ballantyne , who printed these Novels , had the ...
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... occasions ; and yet I ought to stand exculpated from the charge of ungracious or unbecoming indifference to public applause . I did not the less feel gratitude for the public favour , although I did not proclaim it , as the lover who ...
... occasions ; and yet I ought to stand exculpated from the charge of ungracious or unbecoming indifference to public applause . I did not the less feel gratitude for the public favour , although I did not proclaim it , as the lover who ...
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... occasion to remit to him , in consequence of certain family transactions , some considerable sums of money about that period . To which it is to be added , that if any person chanced to evince particular curiosity on such a subject , my ...
... occasion to remit to him , in consequence of certain family transactions , some considerable sums of money about that period . To which it is to be added , that if any person chanced to evince particular curiosity on such a subject , my ...
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