Waverley Or 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBaudry's Foreign Library, 1831 - 632 páginas |
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... rendered indispensable , he will not be surprised that I was abandoned to my own discretion , so far as reading ( my almost sole amuse- ment ) was concerned , and still less so , that I abused the indulgence which left my time so much ...
... rendered indispensable , he will not be surprised that I was abandoned to my own discretion , so far as reading ( my almost sole amuse- ment ) was concerned , and still less so , that I abused the indulgence which left my time so much ...
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... render me fit for my profession oc- US . at u D D e cupied the greater part of my time ; and the society of my ... rendered serious labour indispensable ; for , neither pos- sessing , on the one hand , any of those peculiar advan ...
... render me fit for my profession oc- US . at u D D e cupied the greater part of my time ; and the society of my ... rendered serious labour indispensable ; for , neither pos- sessing , on the one hand , any of those peculiar advan ...
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... rendered him familiar with all the antiquarian lore necessary for the purpose of composing the projected romance ; and although the manuscript bore the marks of hurry and incoherence , natural to the first rough draught of the author ...
... rendered him familiar with all the antiquarian lore necessary for the purpose of composing the projected romance ; and although the manuscript bore the marks of hurry and incoherence , natural to the first rough draught of the author ...
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... rendering his language too ancient , and dis- playing his antiquarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had raised up an obstacle to his own success . Every work designed for mere amusement must be expressed in language ...
... rendering his language too ancient , and dis- playing his antiquarian knowledge too liberally , the ingenious author had raised up an obstacle to his own success . Every work designed for mere amusement must be expressed in language ...
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... render little better reason for choosing to remain anonymous , than by saying , with Shylock , that such was my humour . It will be ob- served , that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , namely , the desire to ...
... render little better reason for choosing to remain anonymous , than by saying , with Shylock , that such was my humour . It will be ob- served , that I had not the usual stimulus for desiring personal reputation , namely , the desire to ...
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