Waverley, Or, 'tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes, Volumen 1 |
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There was at this time a circulating library in Edinburgh , founded , I believe , by
the celebrated Allan Ramsay , which , besides containing a most respectable
collection of books of every description , was , as might have been expected ...
There was at this time a circulating library in Edinburgh , founded , I believe , by
the celebrated Allan Ramsay , which , besides containing a most respectable
collection of books of every description , was , as might have been expected ...
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Time , as it glided on , brought the blessings of confirmed health and personal
strength , to a degree which had never been expected or hoped for . The severe
studies necessary to render me fit for my profession occupied the greater part of
my ...
Time , as it glided on , brought the blessings of confirmed health and personal
strength , to a degree which had never been expected or hoped for . The severe
studies necessary to render me fit for my profession occupied the greater part of
my ...
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... the discussions which took place on the subject from time to time , went a good
way to maintain an unabated interest in these frequent publications . There was a
mystery concerning the author , which each new novel was expected to assist ...
... the discussions which took place on the subject from time to time , went a good
way to maintain an unabated interest in these frequent publications . There was a
mystery concerning the author , which each new novel was expected to assist ...
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The real truth is , that I never expected or hoped to disguise my connexion with
these Novels , from any one who lived on terms of intimacy with me . The number
of coincidences which necessarily existed between narratives recounted , modes
...
The real truth is , that I never expected or hoped to disguise my connexion with
these Novels , from any one who lived on terms of intimacy with me . The number
of coincidences which necessarily existed between narratives recounted , modes
...
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He is alleged still to live in the land of Faery , and is expected to return at some
great convulsion of society , in which he is to act a distinguished part : a tradition
common to all nations , — as the belief of the Mahomedans respecting their
twelfth ...
He is alleged still to live in the land of Faery , and is expected to return at some
great convulsion of society , in which he is to act a distinguished part : a tradition
common to all nations , — as the belief of the Mahomedans respecting their
twelfth ...
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