The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 1L.A. Godey, 1841 |
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... observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . At the same time I did not in all respects abuse the license permitted me ...
... observed less or more in every work in which the third person is used , from the Commentaries of Cæsar , to the Autobiography of Alexander the Corrector . At the same time I did not in all respects abuse the license permitted me ...
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... observed , that I had not the usual stimulus for desi- ring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or un- deserved , I had already as much as might have ...
... observed , that I had not the usual stimulus for desi- ring personal reputation , the desire , namely , to float amidst the conversation of men . Of literary fame , whether merited or un- deserved , I had already as much as might have ...
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... observe that his vicinity ? " conductor entered the hill side by a passage or cavern , of which he himself , though well ... observed , that the northern English retain rather more of the ancient hereditary aversion to their neigh- bours ...
... observe that his vicinity ? " conductor entered the hill side by a passage or cavern , of which he himself , though well ... observed , that the northern English retain rather more of the ancient hereditary aversion to their neigh- bours ...
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... observed the traces accompanied Gregory . A little farther was an open space , of a large stag on the preceding evening , were able , without where lay three bodies of dead or wounded men ; beside these loss of time , to conduct the ...
... observed the traces accompanied Gregory . A little farther was an open space , of a large stag on the preceding evening , were able , without where lay three bodies of dead or wounded men ; beside these loss of time , to conduct the ...
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... observed , was such as would render it highly iments as were dictated by his musings . He neither improper that a ... observation . Mrs. Rachel applied herself with great prudence , not to combat , but to elude , the ap- proaching danger ...
... observed , was such as would render it highly iments as were dictated by his musings . He neither improper that a ... observation . Mrs. Rachel applied herself with great prudence , not to combat , but to elude , the ap- proaching danger ...
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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.