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... earlier age . When we come to the novels , we find similar evidence . It is not only that Waverley is known to have been partly written at a period much earlier than that at which it was published . Guy Mannering , which was the next to ...
... earlier age . When we come to the novels , we find similar evidence . It is not only that Waverley is known to have been partly written at a period much earlier than that at which it was published . Guy Mannering , which was the next to ...
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... earlier poems , but he had a theory about that . He said that the Lay was a poem of style , Marmion of description , the Lady of the Lake of incident , and Rokeby of character . And people did not care for character in a poem . The ...
... earlier poems , but he had a theory about that . He said that the Lay was a poem of style , Marmion of description , the Lady of the Lake of incident , and Rokeby of character . And people did not care for character in a poem . The ...
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... earlier , it is at least probable that he would have taken that course . In earlier days , he had accepted loans from his friends . More than that , he had asked . There was that £ 4000 guarantee from Buccleuch . In fact he had borrowed ...
... earlier , it is at least probable that he would have taken that course . In earlier days , he had accepted loans from his friends . More than that , he had asked . There was that £ 4000 guarantee from Buccleuch . In fact he had borrowed ...
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