Waverley Or 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBaudry's Foreign Library, 1831 - 632 páginas |
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... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by attempting a new style of composition . I there- fore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
... opinion was unfavourable ; and having then some poetical reputation , I was unwilling to risk the loss of it by attempting a new style of composition . I there- fore threw aside the work I had commenced , without either reluctance or ...
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... opinion that a romance , founded on a Highland story , and more modern events , would have a better chance of popularity than a tale of chivalry . My thoughts , therefore , returned more than once to the * See Appendix , No. II . tale ...
... opinion that a romance , founded on a Highland story , and more modern events , would have a better chance of popularity than a tale of chivalry . My thoughts , therefore , returned more than once to the * See Appendix , No. II . tale ...
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... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savoured of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not happen , but only that it could hardly have occurred exactly under the ...
... opinion was entirely formed , and that any disclamations of mine would only have savoured of affectation . I do not mean to insinuate that the incident did not happen , but only that it could hardly have occurred exactly under the ...
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... opinion of al- most all who thought the point worthy of consideration * . Of those letters , and other attempts of the same kind , the author could not complain , though his incognito was endangered . He had challenged the public to a ...
... opinion of al- most all who thought the point worthy of consideration * . Of those letters , and other attempts of the same kind , the author could not complain , though his incognito was endangered . He had challenged the public to a ...
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... opinion with all the vehe- mence of wine and politics , rendered the summons to the draw- ing - room agreeable to the more sober part of the company . The company dispersed by degrees , and at length the Vicar and the young Scotchman ...
... opinion with all the vehe- mence of wine and politics , rendered the summons to the draw- ing - room agreeable to the more sober part of the company . The company dispersed by degrees , and at length the Vicar and the young Scotchman ...
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Waverley, Or 'tis Sixty Years Since, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) Walter Scott No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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