Waverley Novels, Issue 30Estes and Lauriat, 1893 |
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Waverley Novels: From the Last REV. Ed., Containing the Author's ..., Volume 1 Sir Walter Scott No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 148 - I thence walked with him through St. James's Park to the garden, where I both saw and heard a very familiar discourse between and Mrs. Nelly, f as they called an impudent comedian, she looking out of her garden on a terrace at the top of the wall, and standing on the green walk under it. I was heartily sorry at this scene.
Page 162 - Yet Corah, thou shalt from oblivion pass:* Erect thyself, thou monumental brass, High as the serpent of thy metal made, While nations stand secure beneath thy shade.