Waverley, Or, 'tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes, Volumen 1 |
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But the course of the events which occasioned the disclosure of the Author's
name , having , in a great measure , restored to him a sort of parental control over
these Works , he is naturally induced to give them to the press in a corrected ,
and ...
But the course of the events which occasioned the disclosure of the Author's
name , having , in a great measure , restored to him a sort of parental control over
these Works , he is naturally induced to give them to the press in a corrected ,
and ...
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When the reader is informed that I was at this time a growing youth , with the
spirits , appetite , and impatience of fifteen , and suffered , of course , greatly
under this severe regimen , which the repeated return of my disorder rendered ...
When the reader is informed that I was at this time a growing youth , with the
spirits , appetite , and impatience of fifteen , and suffered , of course , greatly
under this severe regimen , which the repeated return of my disorder rendered ...
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own . me , filled amusevague and wild use which I made of this advantage I
cannot describe better than by referring my reader to the desultory studies of
Waverley in a similar situation ; the passages concerning whose course of
reading were ...
own . me , filled amusevague and wild use which I made of this advantage I
cannot describe better than by referring my reader to the desultory studies of
Waverley in a similar situation ; the passages concerning whose course of
reading were ...
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Messrs Constable and Cadell , who published the work , were the only persons
acquainted with the contents of the publication , and they offered a large sum for
it while in the course of printing , which , however , was declined , the author not ...
Messrs Constable and Cadell , who published the work , were the only persons
acquainted with the contents of the publication , and they offered a large sum for
it while in the course of printing , which , however , was declined , the author not ...
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My friendships were formed , --my place in society fixed , -- my life had attained its
middle course . My condition in society was higher perhaps than I deserved ,
certainly as high as I wished , and there was scarce any degree of literary
success ...
My friendships were formed , --my place in society fixed , -- my life had attained its
middle course . My condition in society was higher perhaps than I deserved ,
certainly as high as I wished , and there was scarce any degree of literary
success ...
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