Sir Walter Scott: the Story of His LifeJ. R. Osgood, 1871 - Počet stran: 488 During his reunion with Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver tells of his quest to recover the remaining treasure from Treasure Island. |
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... gave their author unprecedented popularity , and were produced with so little apparent effort , that they closely resembled improvisation ; and lastly , in company with heavy labors of editorship , criticism , biography , and history ...
... gave their author unprecedented popularity , and were produced with so little apparent effort , that they closely resembled improvisation ; and lastly , in company with heavy labors of editorship , criticism , biography , and history ...
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... gave a marked individuality to the various fictitious persons whom he presented . When he drew from history , he seized the salient points which contemporaries had noticed , and freely used them for his purpose . The general accuracy of ...
... gave a marked individuality to the various fictitious persons whom he presented . When he drew from history , he seized the salient points which contemporaries had noticed , and freely used them for his purpose . The general accuracy of ...
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... gave me wonderfully . One of his observations was , How strange it is , that Adam , just new come into the world , should know every thing ! that must be the poet's fancy , ' says he . But , when he was told he was created perfect by ...
... gave me wonderfully . One of his observations was , How strange it is , that Adam , just new come into the world , should know every thing ! that must be the poet's fancy , ' says he . But , when he was told he was created perfect by ...
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... gave them the great advantage , in the evenings , of being carefully prepared by a compe- tent private tutor , who had been educated for the sacred ministry . From him the future author learned writing and arithmetic ; to him were ...
... gave them the great advantage , in the evenings , of being carefully prepared by a compe- tent private tutor , who had been educated for the sacred ministry . From him the future author learned writing and arithmetic ; to him were ...
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... gave to the question , how he , a man of the sword , exhibited a thorough knowledge of the principles of jurispru- dence in the discussions in the Council of State upon the celebrated code which still bears his name : " When I was sous ...
... gave to the question , how he , a man of the sword , exhibited a thorough knowledge of the principles of jurispru- dence in the discussions in the Council of State upon the celebrated code which still bears his name : " When I was sous ...
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