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Any attempt to obviate criticism , however just , by altering a work already in the
hands of the public , is generally unsuccessful . In the most improbable fiction ,
the reader still desires some air of vraisemblance , and does not relish that the ...
Any attempt to obviate criticism , however just , by altering a work already in the
hands of the public , is generally unsuccessful . In the most improbable fiction ,
the reader still desires some air of vraisemblance , and does not relish that the ...
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I was in a situation which rendered serious labour indispensable ; for , neither
possessing , on the one hand , any of those peculiar advantages which are
supposed to favour a hasty advance in the profession of the law , nor being ) . on
the ...
I was in a situation which rendered serious labour indispensable ; for , neither
possessing , on the one hand , any of those peculiar advantages which are
supposed to favour a hasty advance in the profession of the law , nor being ) . on
the ...
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But I was , on the other hand , so far discouraged by the indifferent reception of
Mr Strutt's romance , as to become satisfied that the manners of the middle ages
did not possess the interest which I had conceived ; and was led to form the ...
But I was , on the other hand , so far discouraged by the indifferent reception of
Mr Strutt's romance , as to become satisfied that the manners of the middle ages
did not possess the interest which I had conceived ; and was led to form the ...
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One was forwarded to the author by Mr Ballantyne , and the alterations which it
received were , by his own hand , copied upon the other proofsheet for the use of
the printers , so that even the corrected proofs of the author were never seen in ...
One was forwarded to the author by Mr Ballantyne , and the alterations which it
received were , by his own hand , copied upon the other proofsheet for the use of
the printers , so that even the corrected proofs of the author were never seen in ...
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The original manuscripts are all in existence , and entirely written ( horresco
referens ) in the author's own hand , excepting during the years 1818 and 1819 ,
when , being affected with severe illness , he was obliged to employ the
assistance ...
The original manuscripts are all in existence , and entirely written ( horresco
referens ) in the author's own hand , excepting during the years 1818 and 1819 ,
when , being affected with severe illness , he was obliged to employ the
assistance ...
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