The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1Carey & Hart, 1846 |
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Page 8
... present reign , been honoured proposed to found it . both with the sympathy and protection of the reigning family , whose magnanimity can well pardon a sigh from others , and bestow one themselves , to the memory of brave opponents ...
... present reign , been honoured proposed to found it . both with the sympathy and protection of the reigning family , whose magnanimity can well pardon a sigh from others , and bestow one themselves , to the memory of brave opponents ...
Page 18
... present at 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 ...
... present at 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 ...
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... present 1st of November , 1805 , I would more sentimental sounds of Belmour , Belville , Bel- have my readers understand , that they will meet in field , and Belgrave , but pages of inanity , similar to the following pages neither a ...
... present 1st of November , 1805 , I would more sentimental sounds of Belmour , Belville , Bel- have my readers understand , that they will meet in field , and Belgrave , but pages of inanity , similar to the following pages neither a ...
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... present day , when the maxim is , -Better high approbation . Many approved Gaelic toasts were an old woman with a purse in her hand , than three then proposed , of some of which the Chieftain gave men with belted brands ? " Then ...
... present day , when the maxim is , -Better high approbation . Many approved Gaelic toasts were an old woman with a purse in her hand , than three then proposed , of some of which the Chieftain gave men with belted brands ? " Then ...
Page 64
... present situation , the same pres- A letter from aunt Rachel spoke out even more sure of authority which had been exercised in his plainly . She considered the disgrace of brother father's case , and that the whole was a concerted ...
... present situation , the same pres- A letter from aunt Rachel spoke out even more sure of authority which had been exercised in his plainly . She considered the disgrace of brother father's case , and that the whole was a concerted ...
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