Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBlack, 1911 - 503 páginas |
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... reason is that it would prevent me of the pleasure of writing again . . . In truth , I am not sure it would be considered quite decorous for me , as a Clerk of Session , to write novels . Judges being monks , clerks are a sort of lay ...
... reason is that it would prevent me of the pleasure of writing again . . . In truth , I am not sure it would be considered quite decorous for me , as a Clerk of Session , to write novels . Judges being monks , clerks are a sort of lay ...
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... is also adde to the present Introduction , for the reason already mentione regarding the preceding fragment . It was a step in m 1 See Appendix , No. II . advance towards romantic composition ; and to preserve the traces IO General Preface.
... is also adde to the present Introduction , for the reason already mentione regarding the preceding fragment . It was a step in m 1 See Appendix , No. II . advance towards romantic composition ; and to preserve the traces IO General Preface.
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... reason , and supposed that , by rendering his language too ancient , and displaying his anti- quarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had raised up an obstacle to his own success . Every work designed for mere amusement ...
... reason , and supposed that , by rendering his language too ancient , and displaying his anti- quarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had raised up an obstacle to his own success . Every work designed for mere amusement ...
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... reason for choosing to remain anonymous , than by saying with Shylock , that such was my humour . It will be observed , that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the ...
... reason for choosing to remain anonymous , than by saying with Shylock , that such was my humour . It will be observed , that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the ...
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... reason of my silence , a secret dislike to enter on personal discussions concerning my own literary labours . It is ... reasons for the conduct I have long observed , I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly ...
... reason of my silence , a secret dislike to enter on personal discussions concerning my own literary labours . It is ... reasons for the conduct I have long observed , I can only resort to the explanation supplied by a critic as friendly ...
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