The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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Page 25
... entered the ample precincts of the palace of Whitehall , now full of all the confusion attending improvement . sion attending the erection of the new pile , which formed at present a labyrinth not easily traversed . The goldsmith to the ...
... entered the ample precincts of the palace of Whitehall , now full of all the confusion attending improvement . sion attending the erection of the new pile , which formed at present a labyrinth not easily traversed . The goldsmith to the ...
Page 31
... entered the room with a calm and steady countenance ; " your calculations are true and undeniable when they regard brass and wire , and mechanical force ; but future events are at the pleasure of Him who bears the hearts of Kings in his ...
... entered the room with a calm and steady countenance ; " your calculations are true and undeniable when they regard brass and wire , and mechanical force ; but future events are at the pleasure of Him who bears the hearts of Kings in his ...
Page 39
... entered the Palace after announcing their names , -the guards paying to Lord Glenvarloch the respect and honours due to his rank . gether the honest citizen , to whom he owed many a dinner , to attach himself exclusively to the young ...
... entered the Palace after announcing their names , -the guards paying to Lord Glenvarloch the respect and honours due to his rank . gether the honest citizen , to whom he owed many a dinner , to attach himself exclusively to the young ...
Page 40
... entered the presence - room , still hold- ing the young nobleman by the arm . Why , I must know you , man , " he said ; " I must know you . I knew your father well , man , and I have broke a lance and crossed a blade with him ; and it ...
... entered the presence - room , still hold- ing the young nobleman by the arm . Why , I must know you , man , " he said ; " I must know you . I knew your father well , man , and I have broke a lance and crossed a blade with him ; and it ...
Page 42
... entered the presence - room , than he hastily sought Lord Glenvarloch , who had with- drawn into the embrasure of one of the windows , from the general gaze of men who seemed disposed only to afford him the notice which arises from sur ...
... entered the presence - room , than he hastily sought Lord Glenvarloch , who had with- drawn into the embrasure of one of the windows , from the general gaze of men who seemed disposed only to afford him the notice which arises from sur ...
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