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... Romances . Upon the whole , it is hoped that the Waverley Novels , in their new dress , will not be found to have lost any part of their attractions in consequence of receiving illustrations by the Author , and undergoing his careful ...
... Romances . Upon the whole , it is hoped that the Waverley Novels , in their new dress , will not be found to have lost any part of their attractions in consequence of receiving illustrations by the Author , and undergoing his careful ...
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... romance - writer incurred for being idle himself , and keeping others idle , during hours that should have been employed on our tasks . The chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen friend , who had * A name assumed by ...
... romance - writer incurred for being idle himself , and keeping others idle , during hours that should have been employed on our tasks . The chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen friend , who had * A name assumed by ...
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... romances of chivalry and the ponderous folios of Cyrus and Cassandra , down to the most approved works of later times . I was plunged into this great ocean of reading without compass or pilot ; and , unless when some one had the * John ...
... romances of chivalry and the ponderous folios of Cyrus and Cassandra , down to the most approved works of later times . I was plunged into this great ocean of reading without compass or pilot ; and , unless when some one had the * John ...
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... romances , old plays , and epic poetry in that formidable collec- tion , and no doubt was unconsciously amassing materials for the task in which it has been my lot to be so much employed . At the same time I did not in all respects ...
... romances , old plays , and epic poetry in that formidable collec- tion , and no doubt was unconsciously amassing materials for the task in which it has been my lot to be so much employed . At the same time I did not in all respects ...
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... romances otherwise than by being written in verse . But yet I may observe , that about this time ( now , alas ! thirty ... romance , if it should not prove a curious tale marred in the telling . It It was with some idea of this kind that ...
... romances otherwise than by being written in verse . But yet I may observe , that about this time ( now , alas ! thirty ... romance , if it should not prove a curious tale marred in the telling . It It was with some idea of this kind that ...
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