Download or read book The Waverley Novels, Vol. 1 of 5 written by Walter Scott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Waverley Novels, Vol. 1 of 5: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions Time, as it glided on, brought t'u blessings of confirmed health and personal strength, to a curse which had never been expected or hoped for. The seve r studies necessary to rend. Are fit for my profession occupied the greater part of my time; and the society of my friends an! Companions who were about to enter lifii along with me. Filled upthe interval, with the natal amusement of young men. L was in a situation which rendered serious labour indispensable fur, neither possessing, on the one hand, any of those peculiar advantages which are supposed to ih vour a hasty advance in the profession of the law, nor being, on the other hand. Exposed to u usual obstacles to interrupt my pro gress, i might reasonably expect to succeed according to the greater or less degree of trieble which I should take to qualify myself as a pleader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.