Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes..James Ballantyne and Company, 1814 - 371 páginas |
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... characters of a leach and a conjuror . He was an old smoke- dried Highlander , wearing a venerable grey beard , and having for his sole gar- ment a tartan frock , the skirts of which descended to the knee , and , being undi- vided in ...
... characters of a leach and a conjuror . He was an old smoke- dried Highlander , wearing a venerable grey beard , and having for his sole gar- ment a tartan frock , the skirts of which descended to the knee , and , being undi- vided in ...
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... character of a profound politi cian ; none of your shining orators , indeed , whose talents evaporate in tropes of rhe- toric and flashes of wit , but one possessed of steady parts for business , which would wear well , as the ladies ...
... character of a profound politi cian ; none of your shining orators , indeed , whose talents evaporate in tropes of rhe- toric and flashes of wit , but one possessed of steady parts for business , which would wear well , as the ladies ...
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... character , credit , and , what he at least equally deplored , -emolument . • Richard Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo ...
... character , credit , and , what he at least equally deplored , -emolument . • Richard Waverley's letter to his son upon this occasion was a masterpiece of its kind . Aristides himself could not have made out a harder case . An unjust mo ...
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... character , should have pro- ceeded in so harsh and unusual a manner , was a mystery which he could not pene . trate . He soothed our hero , however , to the best of his power , and began to turn his thoughts on revenge for his insulted ...
... character , should have pro- ceeded in so harsh and unusual a manner , was a mystery which he could not pene . trate . He soothed our hero , however , to the best of his power , and began to turn his thoughts on revenge for his insulted ...
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... character , because both you and I myself have lived in quiet submission , have even truckled to the times so far as to accept commissions un- der them , and thus have given them an + -- opportunity of disgracing us publicly by resuming ...
... character , because both you and I myself have lived in quiet submission , have even truckled to the times so far as to accept commissions un- der them , and thus have given them an + -- opportunity of disgracing us publicly by resuming ...
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Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes.. Sir Walter Scott Visualização completa - 1814 |
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