Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years SinceDavid Wilson, 1870 - 503 páginas |
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... once . " The Author , as he is unconscious of anything in the work itself ( except , perhaps , its frivolity ) which prevents its finding an acknow- ledged father , leaves it to the candour of the public to choose among the many ...
... once . " The Author , as he is unconscious of anything in the work itself ( except , perhaps , its frivolity ) which prevents its finding an acknow- ledged father , leaves it to the candour of the public to choose among the many ...
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... once to the tale which I had actually commenced , and accident at length threw the lost sheets in my way . I happened to want some fishing - tackle for the use of a guest , when it occurred to me to search the old writing - desk already ...
... once to the tale which I had actually commenced , and accident at length threw the lost sheets in my way . I happened to want some fishing - tackle for the use of a guest , when it occurred to me to search the old writing - desk already ...
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... once as the title of my work , and the name of my hero . But alas ! what could my readers have expected from the chivalrous epithets of Howard , Mordaunt , Mortimer , or Stanley , or from the softer and more sentimental sounds of ...
... once as the title of my work , and the name of my hero . But alas ! what could my readers have expected from the chivalrous epithets of Howard , Mordaunt , Mortimer , or Stanley , or from the softer and more sentimental sounds of ...
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... once bewildered on her journey , alone and on foot , without any guide but a blowzy peasant girl , whose jargon she hardly can understand ? Or again , if my Waverley had been entitled " A Tale of the Times , " wouldst thou not , gentle ...
... once bewildered on her journey , alone and on foot , without any guide but a blowzy peasant girl , whose jargon she hardly can understand ? Or again , if my Waverley had been entitled " A Tale of the Times , " wouldst thou not , gentle ...
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... once to vary and to illustrate the moral lessons , which I would willingly consider as the most important part of my plan ; although I am sensible how short these will fall of their aim , if I shall be found unable to mix them with ...
... once to vary and to illustrate the moral lessons , which I would willingly consider as the most important part of my plan ; although I am sensible how short these will fall of their aim , if I shall be found unable to mix them with ...
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