Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBlack, 1911 - 503 páginas |
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... gave his friends of his determination to be secret in his novels - we have a clue to the passages of real and original history woven in the chapters of " Waverley . " For the story was not like some other of his historical tales ...
... gave his friends of his determination to be secret in his novels - we have a clue to the passages of real and original history woven in the chapters of " Waverley . " For the story was not like some other of his historical tales ...
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... gave it moral and pecuniary support . Scott's sense of place , shown in his account of Tully - Veolan , and of the still wilder scenes in the Highlands , never served him better than in his first romance . The Black Bog below the pass ...
... gave it moral and pecuniary support . Scott's sense of place , shown in his account of Tully - Veolan , and of the still wilder scenes in the Highlands , never served him better than in his first romance . The Black Bog below the pass ...
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... gave me hope that I might in time become free of the craft of Romance - writing , and be esteemed a toler able workman . In the year 1807-8 , I undertook , at the request of John Murray , Esq . , of Albemarle Street , to arrange for ...
... gave me hope that I might in time become free of the craft of Romance - writing , and be esteemed a toler able workman . In the year 1807-8 , I undertook , at the request of John Murray , Esq . , of Albemarle Street , to arrange for ...
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... . It suited best , however , the road I wanted to travel , and permitted me to introduce some descriptions of scenery and manners , to which the reality gave an interest which the powers of the author might have General Preface II.
... . It suited best , however , the road I wanted to travel , and permitted me to introduce some descriptions of scenery and manners , to which the reality gave an interest which the powers of the author might have General Preface II.
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... gave a colour to the general report of my brother being interested in these works ; and in particular that it might derive strength from my having occasion to remit to him , in consequence of certain family transactions , some ...
... gave a colour to the general report of my brother being interested in these works ; and in particular that it might derive strength from my having occasion to remit to him , in consequence of certain family transactions , some ...
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