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"There are parts of this novel which none but one endowed with the sublimity of genius could have dictated; there are others which any ordinary character cobbler might as easily have stitched together.

There are sparks both of pathos and of humour, even in the dullest parts, which could be elicited from none but the Author of 'Waverley.'.

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If, indeed, we have spoken in a manner derogatory to this, his later effort, our censure arises only from its comparison with the former.