Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBaudry, 1839 - 436 páginas |
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... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by attempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by attempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
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... composing the pro- jected romance ; and although the manuscript bore the marks of hurry and incoherence , natural to the first rough draught of the author , it evinced ( in my opinion ) considerable 8 GENERAL PREFACE .
... composing the pro- jected romance ; and although the manuscript bore the marks of hurry and incoherence , natural to the first rough draught of the author , it evinced ( in my opinion ) considerable 8 GENERAL PREFACE .
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... opinion ) considerable powers of ima- gination . As the work was unfinished , I deemed it my duty , as Editor , to supply such a hasty and inartificial conclusion as could be shaped out from the story , of which Mr. Strutt had laid the ...
... opinion ) considerable powers of ima- gination . As the work was unfinished , I deemed it my duty , as Editor , to supply such a hasty and inartificial conclusion as could be shaped out from the story , of which Mr. Strutt had laid the ...
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... opinions broached in these Tales , and such as were used by their author in the intercourse of private life , must ... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savoured of affectation . I do not ...
... opinions broached in these Tales , and such as were used by their author in the intercourse of private life , must ... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savoured of affectation . I do not ...
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... opinion of almost all who thought the point worthy of considera- tion ' . Of those letters , and other attempts of the same kind , the author could not complain , though his incognito was endangered . He had challenged the public to a ...
... opinion of almost all who thought the point worthy of considera- tion ' . Of those letters , and other attempts of the same kind , the author could not complain , though his incognito was endangered . He had challenged the public to a ...
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