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... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by attempting a new style of composition . I therefore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by attempting 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 commenced ...
... 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 commenced ...
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... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclama- tions of mine would only have savoured 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 disclama- tions of mine would only have savoured 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. no doubt made converts to his opinion of almost all who thought the point worthy of consideration . * Of those letters , and other attempts of the same kind , the Author could not complain , though his incognito was ...
Walter Scott. no doubt made converts to his opinion of almost all who thought the point worthy of consideration . * Of those letters , and other attempts of the same kind , the Author could not complain , though his incognito was ...
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