Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceJ. & B. Williams, 1831 - 455 páginas |
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... dangerous . For several weeks I was confined strictly to my bed , during which time I was not allowed to speak above a whisper , to eat more than a spoonful or two of boiled rice , or to have more covering than one thin counterpane ...
... dangerous . For several weeks I was confined strictly to my bed , during which time I was not allowed to speak above a whisper , to eat more than a spoonful or two of boiled rice , or to have more covering than one thin counterpane ...
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... dangerous intercourse for an author to be dwelling continually among those who make his writings a frequent and familiar subject of conversation , but who must necessarily be partial judges of works composed in their own society . The ...
... dangerous intercourse for an author to be dwelling continually among those who make his writings a frequent and familiar subject of conversation , but who must necessarily be partial judges of works composed in their own society . The ...
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... dangers and hardships of the New World , with the same dauntless spirit which he had displayed when a boy in his native country . Mr. Scott would probably have been highly * Letters on the Author of Waverly ; Rodwell and Martin , London ...
... dangers and hardships of the New World , with the same dauntless spirit which he had displayed when a boy in his native country . Mr. Scott would probably have been highly * Letters on the Author of Waverly ; Rodwell and Martin , London ...
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... danger to oppose , some plunder to seize , or some insult to revenge . The latter seemed to be his present object , for , regardless of the dignified presence of Lord Lacy , he uttered the most incoherent threats against the owner of ...
... danger to oppose , some plunder to seize , or some insult to revenge . The latter seemed to be his present object , for , regardless of the dignified presence of Lord Lacy , he uttered the most incoherent threats against the owner of ...
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... danger before we have arms in our hands to resist it . Although admitting of much poetical ornament , it is clear that this legend would have formed but an unhappy founda- tion for a prose story , and must have degenerated into a mere ...
... danger before we have arms in our hands to resist it . Although admitting of much poetical ornament , it is clear that this legend would have formed but an unhappy founda- tion for a prose story , and must have degenerated into a mere ...
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