Waverley, or, 'Tis sixty years sinceJ.W. Lovell, 1899 |
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... opinion was unfavorable ; and having then some poet- ical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by at- tempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
... opinion was unfavorable ; and having then some poet- ical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by at- tempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
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... opinion ) considerable powers of imagination . * 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 imagination . * 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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... opinion that a romance founded on a Highland story and more modern events would have a better chance of popularity than a tale of chivalry . My thoughts , therefore , returned more than once to the tale which I had actually com- menced ...
... opinion that a romance founded on a Highland story and more modern events would have a better chance of popularity than a tale of chivalry . My thoughts , therefore , returned more than once to the tale which I had actually com- menced ...
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... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savored of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not happen , but only that it could hardly have occurred exactly under the ...
... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savored of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not happen , but only that it could hardly have occurred exactly under the ...
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Walter Scott. There is no better antidote against entertaining too high an opinion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time . Miss Stubbs had indeed summoned up every assistance which art could afford to ...
Walter Scott. There is no better antidote against entertaining too high an opinion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time . Miss Stubbs had indeed summoned up every assistance which art could afford to ...
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