Waverley Novels, Volume 2John C. Nimmo, 1898 |
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Page xxii
... stranger can never know how good Scott really is , any more than a Frenchman can appreciate Falstaff . Thus the alien may be vexed by what he thinks in Scott's countrymen the mere clan- nish enthusiasm of praise . Every little sketch of ...
... stranger can never know how good Scott really is , any more than a Frenchman can appreciate Falstaff . Thus the alien may be vexed by what he thinks in Scott's countrymen the mere clan- nish enthusiasm of praise . Every little sketch of ...
Page xxviii
... stranger ; " my wants are few , and easily supplied , and I trust the present cir- cumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality . Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute ...
... stranger ; " my wants are few , and easily supplied , and I trust the present cir- cumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality . Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute ...
Page xxix
... stranger into a private room . " I fear from your looks , " said the father , " that you have bad tidings to tell me of my young stranger ; per- haps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood , or ...
... stranger into a private room . " I fear from your looks , " said the father , " that you have bad tidings to tell me of my young stranger ; per- haps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood , or ...
Page xxx
... stranger , " in especial for con- tributing all that lies in my power to save from an abhorred fate the harmless infant to whom , under a singular conjunction of planets , last night gave life . There is my address ; you may write to me ...
... stranger , " in especial for con- tributing all that lies in my power to save from an abhorred fate the harmless infant to whom , under a singular conjunction of planets , last night gave life . There is my address ; you may write to me ...
Page xxxii
... father's friend . The servants who came to take his horse , told him he had been expected for two days . He was led into a study where the stranger , now a venerable old man , " " who had been his father's guest , met xxxii INTRODUCTION TO.
... father's friend . The servants who came to take his horse , told him he had been expected for two days . He was led into a study where the stranger , now a venerable old man , " " who had been his father's guest , met xxxii INTRODUCTION TO.
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