Waverley Or 'tis Sixty Years Since, Volumen 11821 |
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... took off with his sabre as neatly as an hospital sur- geon . At length the death of an old aunt , who left me some fifteen hundred pounds , snugly vested in the three per cents , gave me the long - 10 INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE .
... took off with his sabre as neatly as an hospital sur- geon . At length the death of an old aunt , who left me some fifteen hundred pounds , snugly vested in the three per cents , gave me the long - 10 INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE .
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... length the general plan of this noble structure . The old sexton aided my labours , and gave me his portion of traditional lore . Every day added something to my stock of knowledge respecting the ancient state of the building ; and at ...
... length the general plan of this noble structure . The old sexton aided my labours , and gave me his portion of traditional lore . Every day added something to my stock of knowledge respecting the ancient state of the building ; and at ...
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... in Scotland . He became so much interested in his own labours , that at length he resolved that the heart of one individual , the hero of his tale , should rest no longer in a land of heresy , INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE . 33.
... in Scotland . He became so much interested in his own labours , that at length he resolved that the heart of one individual , the hero of his tale , should rest no longer in a land of heresy , INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE . 33.
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... length dis- ease , interfered with his resolution , and it was on his death - bed that he charged me to undertake the task in his stead . The various important events which have crowded upon each other , our ruin and our exile , have ...
... length dis- ease , interfered with his resolution , and it was on his death - bed that he charged me to undertake the task in his stead . The various important events which have crowded upon each other , our ruin and our exile , have ...
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... length he ended , with advising me , if I continued to feel the diffidence which I stated , to apply to some veteran of literature , whose experience might - supply my deficiencies.Upon these terms we parted , with mutual INTRODUCTORY ...
... length he ended , with advising me , if I continued to feel the diffidence which I stated , to apply to some veteran of literature , whose experience might - supply my deficiencies.Upon these terms we parted , with mutual INTRODUCTORY ...
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