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 10
... expression , even while he was uttering the usual small - talk of his trade , as if he ridiculed those who were disposed to give any weight to his commonplaces . He had address enough , however , to add little touches of his own , which ...
... expression , even while he was uttering the usual small - talk of his trade , as if he ridiculed those who were disposed to give any weight to his commonplaces . He had address enough , however , to add little touches of his own , which ...
Page 25
... expression , " pours the full tide of London population . " The buildings were rapidly increasing , yet certainly gave not even a faint idea of its present appearance . At last Whitehall received our traveller , who pass- ed under one ...
... expression , " pours the full tide of London population . " The buildings were rapidly increasing , yet certainly gave not even a faint idea of its present appearance . At last Whitehall received our traveller , who pass- ed under one ...
Page 32
... expression of melancholy by which he felt strangely affected . Even when she was seated on the vacant stool , which was placed there probably for her accommodation , she again looked on him more than once with the same pensive ...
... expression of melancholy by which he felt strangely affected . Even when she was seated on the vacant stool , which was placed there probably for her accommodation , she again looked on him more than once with the same pensive ...
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... expression of gayety and good - humour , which set off the remains of beauty in the wane . Marriages , births , and christenings , were seldom thought to be performed with sufficient ceremony , for a consider- able distance round her ...
... expression of gayety and good - humour , which set off the remains of beauty in the wane . Marriages , births , and christenings , were seldom thought to be performed with sufficient ceremony , for a consider- able distance round her ...
Page 63
... expression of calm , but deep re- sentment ; " but , for my own part , my resolution is taken . I will quit this public walk for pleasure of no man - still less will I quit it like one unworthy to be seen in places of public resort . I ...
... expression of calm , but deep re- sentment ; " but , for my own part , my resolution is taken . I will quit this public walk for pleasure of no man - still less will I quit it like one unworthy to be seen in places of public resort . I ...
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