Waverley Or 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBaudry's Foreign Library, 1831 - 632 páginas |
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... gentleman , equally remarkable for the kind and liberal tone of his criticism , the acuteness of his reasoning , and the very gentlemanlike manner in which he conducted his inquiries , displayed not only powers of accurate investigation ...
... gentleman , equally remarkable for the kind and liberal tone of his criticism , the acuteness of his reasoning , and the very gentlemanlike manner in which he conducted his inquiries , displayed not only powers of accurate investigation ...
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... gentleman will readily grant , that , with general talents at least equal to those of his elder brother , he added a power of social humour , and a deep insight into human character , which rendered him a universally delightful member ...
... gentleman will readily grant , that , with general talents at least equal to those of his elder brother , he added a power of social humour , and a deep insight into human character , which rendered him a universally delightful member ...
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... gentleman near the foot of the table , “ that the Covenanters made some apology of the same kind for the failure of their prophecies at the battle of Dunbar , when their mutinous preachers compelled the prudent Lesley to go down against ...
... gentleman near the foot of the table , “ that the Covenanters made some apology of the same kind for the failure of their prophecies at the battle of Dunbar , when their mutinous preachers compelled the prudent Lesley to go down against ...
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... gentleman commanded him to surrender , and received for reply a thrust , which he caught in his target . The officer was now defenceless , and the battle axe of a gigantic Highlander ( the miller of Invernahyle's mill ) was uplifted to ...
... gentleman commanded him to surrender , and received for reply a thrust , which he caught in his target . The officer was now defenceless , and the battle axe of a gigantic Highlander ( the miller of Invernahyle's mill ) was uplifted to ...
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Walter Scott. good old gentleman was wont to express it ) appeared " marked with the sign of the beast ! " as a subject unfit for favour or pardon . At length Colonel Whitefoord applied to the Duke of Cumberland in person . From him ...
Walter Scott. good old gentleman was wont to express it ) appeared " marked with the sign of the beast ! " as a subject unfit for favour or pardon . At length Colonel Whitefoord applied to the Duke of Cumberland in person . From him ...
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