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These consist in occasional pruning where the language is redundant,
compression where the style is loose, infusion of vigour where it is languid, the
exchange of less forcible for more appropriate epithets—slight alterations, in
short, like the ...
These consist in occasional pruning where the language is redundant,
compression where the style is loose, infusion of vigour where it is languid, the
exchange of less forcible for more appropriate epithets—slight alterations, in
short, like the ...
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The short kilt , or petticoat , showed his sinewy and cleanmade limbs ; the goat -
skin purse , flanked by the usual defences , a dirk and steel - wrought pistol ,
hung before him ; his bonnet had a short feather , which indicaled his claim to be
...
The short kilt , or petticoat , showed his sinewy and cleanmade limbs ; the goat -
skin purse , flanked by the usual defences , a dirk and steel - wrought pistol ,
hung before him ; his bonnet had a short feather , which indicaled his claim to be
...
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Around the castle , all was cold , bare , and desolate , yet tame even in desolation
; but this narrow glen , at so short a distance , seemed to open into the land of
romance . The rocks assumed a thousand peculiar and varied forms . In one
place ...
Around the castle , all was cold , bare , and desolate , yet tame even in desolation
; but this narrow glen , at so short a distance , seemed to open into the land of
romance . The rocks assumed a thousand peculiar and varied forms . In one
place ...
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In a short time he returned , and dismissed his altendants excepting one ; and ,
intimating to Waverley that he must imitate his cautious mode of proceeding , all
three crept forward on hands and knees . After proceeding a greater way in this ...
In a short time he returned , and dismissed his altendants excepting one ; and ,
intimating to Waverley that he must imitate his cautious mode of proceeding , all
three crept forward on hands and knees . After proceeding a greater way in this ...
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An addition , the want of which , I trust , will be amply supplied by some other
means . ” “ How , " said Fergus , stopping short , and turning upon Waverley— “
How am I to understand that , Mr. Waverley ? -Had I the pleasure to hear you
aright ?
An addition , the want of which , I trust , will be amply supplied by some other
means . ” “ How , " said Fergus , stopping short , and turning upon Waverley— “
How am I to understand that , Mr. Waverley ? -Had I the pleasure to hear you
aright ?
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since Volumen 1 de Collection of ancient and modern British authors |
| Autor | Walter Scott |
| Editor | Baudry, 1839 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California, Berkeley |
| Digitalizado | 20 Abr 2015 |
| N.º de páginas | 436 páginas |
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