Waverley Or 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBaudry's Foreign Library, 1831 - 632 páginas |
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... disposition to keep his word , that having in- troduced himself in the third person singular , he pro- ceeds in the second paragraph to make use of the first . But it appears to him that the seeming modesty , GENERAL PREFACE. ...
... disposition to keep his word , that having in- troduced himself in the third person singular , he pro- ceeds in the second paragraph to make use of the first . But it appears to him that the seeming modesty , GENERAL PREFACE. ...
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... person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Cor- rector . I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first achievements as a tale - teller - but I believe some of ...
... person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Cor- rector . I must refer to a very early period of my life , were I to point out my first achievements as a tale - teller - but I believe some of ...
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... person also , as a successful author in another department of literature , I might have been charged with too frequent intrusions on the public patience ; but the Author of Waverley was in this respect as impassible to the critic as the ...
... person also , as a successful author in another department of literature , I might have been charged with too frequent intrusions on the public patience ; but the Author of Waverley was in this respect as impassible to the critic as the ...
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... persons , who might perhaps imagine , that the readiest mode of forcing the author to disclose himself , was , to ... person whom it principally regarded ; as , among all the rumours that were current , there was only one , and that ...
... persons , who might perhaps imagine , that the readiest mode of forcing the author to disclose himself , was , to ... person whom it principally regarded ; as , among all the rumours that were current , there was only one , and that ...
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... person well known to both of us in our boyish years , from having displayed some strong traits of character . Mr T. Scott had determined to represent his youthful acquaintance as emigrating to America , and encountering the dangers and ...
... person well known to both of us in our boyish years , from having displayed some strong traits of character . Mr T. Scott had determined to represent his youthful acquaintance as emigrating to America , and encountering the dangers and ...
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