Life of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet: With Critical Notices of His WritingsThomas Ireland, 1834 - 516 pages |
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Page 13
... appearance ' likely to assuage the fears of his new pupil . He still lives in the memory of Walter's surviving cousin , as " a big , queer- looking , uncouth man . " Another schoolfellow describes him as a strange uncouth - looking ...
... appearance ' likely to assuage the fears of his new pupil . He still lives in the memory of Walter's surviving cousin , as " a big , queer- looking , uncouth man . " Another schoolfellow describes him as a strange uncouth - looking ...
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... appearance , as well as in every thing else , far infe- rior to my accomplished friend . Mrs. Martha's features had been of a kind which might be said to wear well ; their irregu- larity was now of little consequence , animated as they ...
... appearance , as well as in every thing else , far infe- rior to my accomplished friend . Mrs. Martha's features had been of a kind which might be said to wear well ; their irregu- larity was now of little consequence , animated as they ...
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... appeared afterwards , that she had taken a small tea - chest un- der her arm , and walked out with no covering but her shift . She passed along the Potterrow , and called to a guardian of the night , who sat half asleep in his box ...
... appeared afterwards , that she had taken a small tea - chest un- der her arm , and walked out with no covering but her shift . She passed along the Potterrow , and called to a guardian of the night , who sat half asleep in his box ...
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... appeared originally in 1777 , and afterwards , considerably enlarged , in 1784. " This collection contained , " says Sir Walter , " seve- ral modern pieces of great merit , which are not to be found else- VOL . I. H where , and which ...
... appeared originally in 1777 , and afterwards , considerably enlarged , in 1784. " This collection contained , " says Sir Walter , " seve- ral modern pieces of great merit , which are not to be found else- VOL . I. H where , and which ...
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... appeared in Evans ' second edition ; and we know from the ac- count he has given of his interview with Burns , that he was fa- miliar with the writings of Langhorne in 1786. This chain of circumstances , although not drawn sufficiently ...
... appeared in Evans ' second edition ; and we know from the ac- count he has given of his interview with Burns , that he was fa- miliar with the writings of Langhorne in 1786. This chain of circumstances , although not drawn sufficiently ...
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