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Page 348
... write a book ? Why not , at least , the outline of a Canadian tale , with local scenery , local dialect , local customs marked out , and Scott would cobble it into shape , and it would be published in Tom's name , and confusion would be ...
... write a book ? Why not , at least , the outline of a Canadian tale , with local scenery , local dialect , local customs marked out , and Scott would cobble it into shape , and it would be published in Tom's name , and confusion would be ...
Page 385
... write the latter part of the book again . He even sketched what he thought that ending should be . James said he would see what he could do . But what about the cost of resetting ? Blackwood said he felt so strongly about it that he was ...
... write the latter part of the book again . He even sketched what he thought that ending should be . James said he would see what he could do . But what about the cost of resetting ? Blackwood said he felt so strongly about it that he was ...
Page 574
... write with confidence , and are , it would seem , strongly supported by wealthy friends . Cadell and Constable are confident of their making their way through the storm , and the impression of their stability is general in London . I ...
... write with confidence , and are , it would seem , strongly supported by wealthy friends . Cadell and Constable are confident of their making their way through the storm , and the impression of their stability is general in London . I ...
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