The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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... perhaps I should rather say the Eidolon , or representative Vision , of the AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY ! You will not be surprised at the filial instinct which enabled me at once to acknowledge the features borne by this venerable apparition ...
... perhaps I should rather say the Eidolon , or representative Vision , of the AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY ! You will not be surprised at the filial instinct which enabled me at once to acknowledge the features borne by this venerable apparition ...
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... perhaps the strongest of all instincts , driving the author to the pen , the painter to the pallet , often without either the chance of fame or the prospect of reward . Perhaps I have said too much of this . I might , perhaps , with as ...
... perhaps the strongest of all instincts , driving the author to the pen , the painter to the pallet , often without either the chance of fame or the prospect of reward . Perhaps I have said too much of this . I might , perhaps , with as ...
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... perhaps , ( for such is human weak- ness , ) of supposed vice than of real poverty , changed the discourse to something else , and left poor Dame Nelly's reputation and his own at the mercy of the Lord Dalgarno gave directions that the ...
... perhaps , ( for such is human weak- ness , ) of supposed vice than of real poverty , changed the discourse to something else , and left poor Dame Nelly's reputation and his own at the mercy of the Lord Dalgarno gave directions that the ...
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... perhaps something un- purpose ; and at all events it is certain , that Buck- necessarily , you may have heard that I have peti - ingham , though surviving the master by whom he tioned my Sovereign for payment of a debt due to was raised ...
... perhaps something un- purpose ; and at all events it is certain , that Buck- necessarily , you may have heard that I have peti - ingham , though surviving the master by whom he tioned my Sovereign for payment of a debt due to was raised ...
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... Perhaps too much , madam , " said Margaret , so low as only to be heard by the lady , behind the back of whose chair she had now placed herself . The words were spoken very gravely , and accompanied by a half sigh , which did not escape ...
... Perhaps too much , madam , " said Margaret , so low as only to be heard by the lady , behind the back of whose chair she had now placed herself . The words were spoken very gravely , and accompanied by a half sigh , which did not escape ...
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