Waverley, Or, 'tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes, Volumen 1 |
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I chanced actually to engage in a work which formed a sort of essay piece , and
gave me hope that I might in time become free of the craft of Romance - writing ,
and be esteemed a tolerable workman . In the year 1807-8 , I undertook , at the ...
I chanced actually to engage in a work which formed a sort of essay piece , and
gave me hope that I might in time become free of the craft of Romance - writing ,
and be esteemed a tolerable workman . In the year 1807-8 , I undertook , at the ...
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It suited best , however , the road I wanted to travel , and permitted me to
introduce some descriptions of scenery and manners , to which the reality gave
an interest which the powers of the author might have otherwise failed GENERAL
...
It suited best , however , the road I wanted to travel , and permitted me to
introduce some descriptions of scenery and manners , to which the reality gave
an interest which the powers of the author might have otherwise failed GENERAL
...
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To this I may add , I can easily conceive that there may have been circumstances
which gave a colour to the general report of my brother being interested in these
works ; and in particular that it might derive strength from my having occasion to ...
To this I may add , I can easily conceive that there may have been circumstances
which gave a colour to the general report of my brother being interested in these
works ; and in particular that it might derive strength from my having occasion to ...
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ger ; « but if courage at what and therefore Dick contrived to get better value for
the coin , than he perhaps gave to his customer . By the command of so good a
merchant , he brought horses to the same spot more than once ; the purchaser
only ...
ger ; « but if courage at what and therefore Dick contrived to get better value for
the coin , than he perhaps gave to his customer . By the command of so good a
merchant , he brought horses to the same spot more than once ; the purchaser
only ...
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So long was the chase , that when the greyhounds pulled down the knobbler we
were out of hearing of your bugles ; and having rewarded and coupled the dogs ,
I gave them to be led by the jester , and we wandered in quest of our company ...
So long was the chase , that when the greyhounds pulled down the knobbler we
were out of hearing of your bugles ; and having rewarded and coupled the dogs ,
I gave them to be led by the jester , and we wandered in quest of our company ...
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