The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1L.A. Godey, 1841 |
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... character for that talent , at a time when the applause of my companions was my recompense for the disgraces and Time , as it glided on , brought t ' blessings of confirmed punishments which the future romance - writer incurred for be ...
... character for that talent , at a time when the applause of my companions was my recompense for the disgraces and Time , as it glided on , brought t ' blessings of confirmed punishments which the future romance - writer incurred for be ...
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... character of the author author were never seen in the printing - office ; and thus the cu- of these novels , subjected me occasionally to awkward embar- riosity of such eager inquirers as made the most minute investi - rassments , as it ...
... character of the author author were never seen in the printing - office ; and thus the cu- of these novels , subjected me occasionally to awkward embar- riosity of such eager inquirers as made the most minute investi - rassments , as it ...
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... character . It remains to be tried whether the public ( like a child to whom a watch is shown ) will , after having been satiated with looking at the outside , acquire some new interest in the object when it is opened , and the internal ...
... character . It remains to be tried whether the public ( like a child to whom a watch is shown ) will , after having been satiated with looking at the outside , acquire some new interest in the object when it is opened , and the internal ...
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... character . Invernahyle was afterwards pardoned under the Jerty , protected his person , and finally obtained him liberty on Act of Indemnity . ais parole . The officer proved to be Colonel Whitefoord , an The author knew him well , and ...
... character . Invernahyle was afterwards pardoned under the Jerty , protected his person , and finally obtained him liberty on Act of Indemnity . ais parole . The officer proved to be Colonel Whitefoord , an The author knew him well , and ...
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... character of an author , or so old as to make it advisable to lay it aside . The Author of Waverley has heard it objected to this novel , that , in the character of Callum Beg , and in the account given by the Baron of Bradwardine of ...
... character of an author , or so old as to make it advisable to lay it aside . The Author of Waverley has heard it objected to this novel , that , in the character of Callum Beg , and in the account given by the Baron of Bradwardine of ...
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Page 5 - Familiar acquaintance with the specious miracles of fiction brought with it some degree of satiety, and I began by degrees to seek in histories, memoirs, voyages and travels, and the like, events nearly as wonderful as those which were the work of the imagination, with the additional advantage, that they were, at least, in a great measure true.
Page 25 - ... an imitation of the romance of Cervantes. But he will do my prudence injustice in the supposition. My intention is not to follow the steps of that inimitable author, in describing such total perversion of intellect as misconstrues the objects actually presented to the senses, but that more common aberration from sound judgment, which apprehends occurrences indeed in their reality, but communicates to them a tincture of its own romantic tone and colouring.
Page 99 - The regulars, who were in high spirits, returned a loud shout of defiance, and fired one or two of their cannon upon an advanced post of the Highlanders. The latter displayed great earnestness to proceed instantly to the attack, Evan Dhu urging to Fergus, by way of argument, that ' the sidier roy was tottering like an egg upon a staff, and that they had a' the vantage of the onset, for even a haggis (God bless her !) could charge down hill.
Page 21 - ... the show of pyramids and towers, some touched with gold, some with purple, some with a hue of deep and dark red. The distant sea, stretched beneath this varied and gorgeous canopy, lay almost portentously still, reflecting back the dazzling and level beams of the descending luminary, and the splendid colouring of the clouds amidst which he was setting. Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand.