Sir Walter Scott: the Story of His LifeJ. R. Osgood, 1871 - 488 páginas During his reunion with Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver tells of his quest to recover the remaining treasure from Treasure Island. |
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... acquainted with the archi- tecture and history of the venerable place as to become installed as its cicerone . The other character , whom Scott the boy met at Preston - Pans , re - appeared in " The Antiquary ; " and Scott wrote in 1826 ...
... acquainted with the archi- tecture and history of the venerable place as to become installed as its cicerone . The other character , whom Scott the boy met at Preston - Pans , re - appeared in " The Antiquary ; " and Scott wrote in 1826 ...
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... acquaintance with the views principles of either party ; nor had my antagonist address enough to turn the debate on such topics . I took up my politics at that period , as King Charles II . did his religion , from an idea that the ...
... acquaintance with the views principles of either party ; nor had my antagonist address enough to turn the debate on such topics . I took up my politics at that period , as King Charles II . did his religion , from an idea that the ...
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... acquaintance with Shak- speare , having found some odd volumes in his mother's dressing - room , where at one time he slept . " Nor , ' he says , " can I easily forget the rapture with which I sat up in my shirt , reading them by the ...
... acquaintance with Shak- speare , having found some odd volumes in his mother's dressing - room , where at one time he slept . " Nor , ' he says , " can I easily forget the rapture with which I sat up in my shirt , reading them by the ...
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... acquainted with the writings of Samuel Richardson , Henry Mackenzie ( the latter subsequently became his warm friend ) , Henry Field- ing , Tobias Smollett , and other of the best novelists . There , too , he met one , who , for good ...
... acquainted with the writings of Samuel Richardson , Henry Mackenzie ( the latter subsequently became his warm friend ) , Henry Field- ing , Tobias Smollett , and other of the best novelists . There , too , he met one , who , for good ...
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... acquaintance with any literary people , and still less with the gentry of the west country , the two sets that he most frequented . Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's . He knew Burns , and promised to ask him to ...
... acquaintance with any literary people , and still less with the gentry of the west country , the two sets that he most frequented . Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's . He knew Burns , and promised to ask him to ...
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