The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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Page 58
... natural love of lecturing , as well as his bluntness of feeling , prevented him from having any idea of the pain which ... nature no farther - and since you must needs go , why ,, go a God's name , and here is to pay your jour- ney . So ...
... natural love of lecturing , as well as his bluntness of feeling , prevented him from having any idea of the pain which ... nature no farther - and since you must needs go , why ,, go a God's name , and here is to pay your jour- ney . So ...
Page 72
... natural beauty with which she sung the airs of her native country . Spoilt she was on all hands ; by the indulgence ... nature to escape the critical observation of the neighbourhood . Some opined that the wealthy goldsmith was about to ...
... natural beauty with which she sung the airs of her native country . Spoilt she was on all hands ; by the indulgence ... nature to escape the critical observation of the neighbourhood . Some opined that the wealthy goldsmith was about to ...
Page 86
... natural , and perhaps the only way of communicating to the spectator what is supposed to be passing in the bosom of the scenic personage . There are no such soliloquies in nature it is true , but unless they were received as a ...
... natural , and perhaps the only way of communicating to the spectator what is supposed to be passing in the bosom of the scenic personage . There are no such soliloquies in nature it is true , but unless they were received as a ...
Page 88
... natural displeasure- " I would , madam , you could teach your father and his friends the lesson which you had the ... Nature made him a man senseless of danger , and to tread his old beaten paths , but not to seek new him , " said she ...
... natural displeasure- " I would , madam , you could teach your father and his friends the lesson which you had the ... Nature made him a man senseless of danger , and to tread his old beaten paths , but not to seek new him , " said she ...
Page 93
... nature and humanity alike at defiance , had , for the thirst of revenge , the lust of gold , or the cravings of irregular ambition , broken into the tabernacle of life . Yet more surprising , and myste- rious tales were recounted of the ...
... nature and humanity alike at defiance , had , for the thirst of revenge , the lust of gold , or the cravings of irregular ambition , broken into the tabernacle of life . Yet more surprising , and myste- rious tales were recounted of the ...
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