Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Volume 165F. Jefferies, 1838 |
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... command had dropped from his hand , when the magic palace was empty , and his empire for ever gone . It is impossible not to watch with great interest the progress of Scott from the time when his name first appeared in the field of ...
... command had dropped from his hand , when the magic palace was empty , and his empire for ever gone . It is impossible not to watch with great interest the progress of Scott from the time when his name first appeared in the field of ...
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... command of my memory . It furnished with a powerful host of ex- only retains what hits my fancy , and amples in illustration of them . I was , in probably , sir , if you were to preach to me short , like an ignorant gamester who kept ...
... command of my memory . It furnished with a powerful host of ex- only retains what hits my fancy , and amples in illustration of them . I was , in probably , sir , if you were to preach to me short , like an ignorant gamester who kept ...
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... command and distribute them , that we are to attribute the otherwise almost marvellous rapidity of his inventions . The two last volumes of Waverley were written in three weeks . Mr. B. Hall says , When Mr. B. Hall turns from the writer ...
... command and distribute them , that we are to attribute the otherwise almost marvellous rapidity of his inventions . The two last volumes of Waverley were written in three weeks . Mr. B. Hall says , When Mr. B. Hall turns from the writer ...
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... command over the powers of his mind ; I mean that he could control and direct his thoughts and re- flections with a readiness , firmness , and easy security of sway , beyond what I find it possible to trace in any other artist's ...
... command over the powers of his mind ; I mean that he could control and direct his thoughts and re- flections with a readiness , firmness , and easy security of sway , beyond what I find it possible to trace in any other artist's ...
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... commands the empire of another world which he has created , and we become for a time its in- habitants , and obey him . But then this creation , so wonderfully and suddenly formed , cannot long endure ; the seeds of rapid decay are ...
... commands the empire of another world which he has created , and we become for a time its in- habitants , and obey him . But then this creation , so wonderfully and suddenly formed , cannot long endure ; the seeds of rapid decay are ...
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