Waverley Novels, Volume 2John C. Nimmo, 1898 |
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Page vii
... signs have power O'er sprites in planetary hour ; But scarce I praise their venturous part Who tamper with such dangerous art . Lay of the Last Minstrel EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION ΤΟ GUY MANNERING . THE second essay in GUY MANNERING; ...
... signs have power O'er sprites in planetary hour ; But scarce I praise their venturous part Who tamper with such dangerous art . Lay of the Last Minstrel EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION ΤΟ GUY MANNERING . THE second essay in GUY MANNERING; ...
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... Mannering . " He had just spun his web , like the spider of his simile , he had just taken off his intellectual fields the " scourging crop ' of " The Lord of the Isles , " he had just received the discouraging news of its comparative ...
... Mannering . " He had just spun his web , like the spider of his simile , he had just taken off his intellectual fields the " scourging crop ' of " The Lord of the Isles , " he had just received the discouraging news of its comparative ...
Page xi
... Mannering " is given by Lockhart , and is astounding . In 1814 Scott had written , Lockhart believes , the greater part of the " Life of Swift , " most of " Waver- ley and the " Lord of the Isles ; he had furnished essays to the ...
... Mannering " is given by Lockhart , and is astounding . In 1814 Scott had written , Lockhart believes , the greater part of the " Life of Swift , " most of " Waver- ley and the " Lord of the Isles ; he had furnished essays to the ...
Page xii
... Mannering " were in print ! ( Letter to Morritt , Jan. 19 , 1815. ) The novel was issued on Feb. 24 , 1815 . Scott , as he says somewhere , was like the turnspit dog , into whose wheel a hot cinder is dropped to encourage his activity ...
... Mannering " were in print ! ( Letter to Morritt , Jan. 19 , 1815. ) The novel was issued on Feb. 24 , 1815 . Scott , as he says somewhere , was like the turnspit dog , into whose wheel a hot cinder is dropped to encourage his activity ...
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... Mannering ' is too often written in lan- guage unintelligible to all except the Scotch . " The " Critical Monthly " also had scruples about morality . The novel " advocates duelling , encourages a taste for peeping into the future , a ...
... Mannering ' is too often written in lan- guage unintelligible to all except the Scotch . " The " Critical Monthly " also had scruples about morality . The novel " advocates duelling , encourages a taste for peeping into the future , a ...
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