The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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... person who has left the most magnificent proofs of his benevo- lence and charity that the capital of Scotland has to display . To the Scottish reader little more need be said than that the man alluded to is George Heriot . But for those ...
... person who has left the most magnificent proofs of his benevo- lence and charity that the capital of Scotland has to display . To the Scottish reader little more need be said than that the man alluded to is George Heriot . But for those ...
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... person , or 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 ...
... person , or 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 ...
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... person was of course sacred , and spent his time in indulging his food for satire in might chance to incur , in the course of travelling the public walks , and in the aisles of Saint Paul's , through his grammar and prosody . Under the ...
... person was of course sacred , and spent his time in indulging his food for satire in might chance to incur , in the course of travelling the public walks , and in the aisles of Saint Paul's , through his grammar and prosody . Under the ...
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... person resembled the imaginary one in the course of life ascribed to him , or in his personal attri butes . But his fortune was little adequate to his rank and the antiquity of his family ; and , to avenge himself of this disparity ...
... person resembled the imaginary one in the course of life ascribed to him , or in his personal attri butes . But his fortune was little adequate to his rank and the antiquity of his family ; and , to avenge himself of this disparity ...
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... person of Lord Glenvarloch's rank , who was , as yet , So inexperienced as to feel it difficult to shake off an ... person's daughter . " Maxwell looked stern ; but conscious there was nothing to be got of Sir Mungo in the way of amends ...
... person of Lord Glenvarloch's rank , who was , as yet , So inexperienced as to feel it difficult to shake off an ... person's daughter . " Maxwell looked stern ; but conscious there was nothing to be got of Sir Mungo in the way of amends ...
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