Waverley, or, 'Tis sixty years sinceJ.W. Lovell, 1899 |
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... reason already mentioned regarding the preceding fragment . It was a step in my advance towards romantic composition ; and to preserve the traces of these is in a great measure the object of this Essay . Queenhoo Hall was not , however ...
... reason already mentioned regarding the preceding fragment . It was a step in my advance towards romantic composition ; and to preserve the traces of these is in a great measure the object of this Essay . Queenhoo Hall was not , however ...
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... reason for choosing to remain anonymous than by saying with Shylock , that such was my humor . It will be observed that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amid the conversation ...
... reason for choosing to remain anonymous than by saying with Shylock , that such was my humor . It will be observed that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amid the conversation ...
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... reason of my silence a secret dislike to enter on personal discussions concerning my own literary labors . It is in ... 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 labors . It is in ... 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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... reason to fear that the notes which accompany the tales , as now published , may be thought too miscellaneous , and too egotistical . It may be some apology for this , that the publication was intended to be posthumous , and still more ...
... reason to fear that the notes which accompany the tales , as now published , may be thought too miscellaneous , and too egotistical . It may be some apology for this , that the publication was intended to be posthumous , and still more ...
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Walter Scott. the reader should have reason to complain that the information communicated was of a general and merely nominal character . It remains to be tried whether the public ( like a child to whom a watch is shown ) will , after ...
Walter Scott. the reader should have reason to complain that the information communicated was of a general and merely nominal character . It remains to be tried whether the public ( like a child to whom a watch is shown ) will , after ...
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