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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... writings . The subject has been on my mind for many years ; and I have treated it as well as I could . Independent of much never before collected , there will be found in this volume some things of no ordinary interest , vii.
... writings . The subject has been on my mind for many years ; and I have treated it as well as I could . Independent of much never before collected , there will be found in this volume some things of no ordinary interest , vii.
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Robert Shelton Mackenzie. in this volume some things of no ordinary interest , hitherto unpub- lished . Among these , I may particularly mention Miss Edge- worth's long - lost letter on the publication of " Waverley , " authen- ticated ...
Robert Shelton Mackenzie. in this volume some things of no ordinary interest , hitherto unpub- lished . Among these , I may particularly mention Miss Edge- worth's long - lost letter on the publication of " Waverley , " authen- ticated ...
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... thing except what was set down in the regular programme , he was apprenticed to his father , a Writer of the Signet . The family property in the country , though not large , constituted a lairdship ; and , hitherto , the army , the navy ...
... thing except what was set down in the regular programme , he was apprenticed to his father , a Writer of the Signet . The family property in the country , though not large , constituted a lairdship ; and , hitherto , the army , the navy ...
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... thing , to retain it is another . He had received as compensation for his writings a sum much larger , in the aggregate , than , up to that time , had ever been paid for literary labor , - a greater amount , I believe , than even Mr ...
... thing , to retain it is another . He had received as compensation for his writings a sum much larger , in the aggregate , than , up to that time , had ever been paid for literary labor , - a greater amount , I believe , than even Mr ...
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... things which they cannot entirely comprehend , and , therefore , that to write down to children's understanding is a mistake : set them on the scent , and let them puzzle it out . " Information communicated to the youthful mind in an ...
... things which they cannot entirely comprehend , and , therefore , that to write down to children's understanding is a mistake : set them on the scent , and let them puzzle it out . " Information communicated to the youthful mind in an ...
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