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Title: Walladmor:
And Now Freely Translated from the German into English.
In Two Volumes. Vol. I.

Author: Thomas De Quincey

Release Date: March 8, 2010 [EBook #31563]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by Charles Bowen, from scans obtained for the Internet Archive

Transcriber's Notes:

1. Scans provided by The Web Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/walladmor01dequ

2. The 3-volume German original was fictitiously attributed to Sir
Walter Scott, but actually written by G.W.H. Haering (under the pseud.
of Willibald Alexis). It was freely adapted into English by Thomas De
Quincey.

3. The diphthong oe is indicated by [oe].

WALLADMOR:

"FREELY TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN
FROM THE ENGLISH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT."

AND NOW
FREELY TRANSLATED
FROM THE GERMAN INTO ENGLISH.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

My root is earthed; and I, a desolate branch,
Left scattered in the highway of the world,
Trod under foot, that might have been a column
Mainly supporting our demolished house.--_Massinger_.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY,
93 FLEET STREET, AND 13 WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.
1825

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