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... Waverley's paternal epistles con- sisted in certain mysterious hints of great- ness and influence which he was speedily to attain , and which would insure his son's obtaining the most rapid promotion , should he remain in the military ...
... Waverley's paternal epistles con- sisted in certain mysterious hints of great- ness and influence which he was speedily to attain , and which would insure his son's obtaining the most rapid promotion , should he remain in the military ...
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... their services ; and , in Richard Waverley's case , which the mini- ster considered as aggravated by ingrati- tude , dismissal was accompanied by some- f thing like personal contempt and con- tumely . The public 30 WAVERLEY .
... their services ; and , in Richard Waverley's case , which the mini- ster considered as aggravated by ingrati- tude , dismissal was accompanied by some- f thing like personal contempt and con- tumely . The public 30 WAVERLEY .
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... Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo- narch , and an ungrateful country , were the burthen of each rounded paragraph . He ...
... Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo- narch , and an ungrateful country , were the burthen of each rounded paragraph . He ...
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... Waverley - Honour about thirty years ago , S These letters , as might have been ex- pected , highly excited Waverley's indig- nation . From the desultory style of his studies , he had not any fixed political opi- nion to place in ...
... Waverley - Honour about thirty years ago , S These letters , as might have been ex- pected , highly excited Waverley's indig- nation . From the desultory style of his studies , he had not any fixed political opi- nion to place in ...
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... Waverley's father held in the mini- . stry , and Edward's own commission in the army of George II . These obstacles were now removed , and in a manner which ap- parently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to ...
... Waverley's father held in the mini- . stry , and Edward's own commission in the army of George II . These obstacles were now removed , and in a manner which ap- parently paved the way for the son's at least becoming reconciled to ...
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