The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1Carey & Hart, 1846 |
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... least in a great measure true . The lapse of nearly two years , during which I was left to the exercise of my own free will , was followed by a temporary residence in the country , where I was again very lonely but for the ar.use.ent ...
... least in a great measure true . The lapse of nearly two years , during which I was left to the exercise of my own free will , was followed by a temporary residence in the country , where I was again very lonely but for the ar.use.ent ...
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... least , to whom I am greatly obliged for the assign some dishonourable and discreditable cause for his silence . fidelity with which they observed their trust , until the derange- It may be easily supposed that this sort of inquisition ...
... least , to whom I am greatly obliged for the assign some dishonourable and discreditable cause for his silence . fidelity with which they observed their trust , until the derange- It may be easily supposed that this sort of inquisition ...
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... least , it must remain uncertain , whether WA- VERLEY be the work of a poet or a critic , a lawyer or a clergy- man , or whether the writer , to use Mrs. Malaprop's phrase , be , " like Cerberus - three gentlemen at once . " The Author ...
... least , it must remain uncertain , whether WA- VERLEY be the work of a poet or a critic , a lawyer or a clergy- man , or whether the writer , to use Mrs. Malaprop's phrase , be , " like Cerberus - three gentlemen at once . " The Author ...
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... least , if nature has given that ob- ject any passable proportion of personal charms , he can easily play the Jeweller and Dervise in the Ori- ental tale , and supply her richly , out of the stores of his own imagination , with ...
... least , if nature has given that ob- ject any passable proportion of personal charms , he can easily play the Jeweller and Dervise in the Ori- ental tale , and supply her richly , out of the stores of his own imagination , with ...
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... least would not have done so with impunity . The feelings which then dictated his pro- ceedings , were those of a young man , and at an agi- tating period . Since that time , Sir Everard's jacobi- tism had been gradually decaying , like ...
... least would not have done so with impunity . The feelings which then dictated his pro- ceedings , were those of a young man , and at an agi- tating period . Since that time , Sir Everard's jacobi- tism had been gradually decaying , like ...
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