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Page 74
There is something melancholy in such a scene , even under the most favourable
circumstances . ... It is disgusting , also , to see the scenes of domestic society
and seclusion thrown open to the gaze of the curious and the vulgar ; to hear
their ...
There is something melancholy in such a scene , even under the most favourable
circumstances . ... It is disgusting , also , to see the scenes of domestic society
and seclusion thrown open to the gaze of the curious and the vulgar ; to hear
their ...
Page 244
Why is it , ” he thought , continuing to follow out the succession of ideas which the
scene prompted , “ why is it that some scenes awaken thoughts which belong as
it were to dreams of early and shadowy recollection , such as my old Brahmin ...
Why is it , ” he thought , continuing to follow out the succession of ideas which the
scene prompted , “ why is it that some scenes awaken thoughts which belong as
it were to dreams of early and shadowy recollection , such as my old Brahmin ...
Page 245
feel impressed with a mysterious and ill - defined consciousness , that neither the
scene , the speakers , nor the subject , are entirely new ; nay , feel as if we could
anticipate that part of the conversation which has not yet taken place ! It is even ...
feel impressed with a mysterious and ill - defined consciousness , that neither the
scene , the speakers , nor the subject , are entirely new ; nay , feel as if we could
anticipate that part of the conversation which has not yet taken place ! It is even ...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer Volume 2 of Temple edition of the Waverley novels Volume 2 of Waverley novels, Sir Walter Scott William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1897 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 21 Feb 2020 |
| Length | 364 pages |
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