...writing the Waverley Novels he had wished to attempt for Scotland what she had done for Ireland, " something which might introduce her natives to those...for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles." And Scott succeeded in this attempt, partly because he himself possessed what Mrs. Ritchie has asserted...

...country, of the same kind with that •which JJiss Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland — something which might introduce her natives to those...for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles." The whole of the Works have undergone a careful revision and correction by the Author. The First Volume,...

...for my otra country, of the same kind with which MISS Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland - something which might introduce her natives to those of the sister kingdom, in a raore favourable light than they had been placed hitherto, and tend to procure sympathy for their virtues...

...own country, of the same kind with that which Miss Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland - something which might introduce her natives to those...for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles" (p. 353). Of course they wrote for the Irish and Scots too, but love ofpatria no less than authorial...

...attempted for my own country, of the same kind which Miss Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland —something which might introduce her natives to...for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles. - Sir Walter Scott In one of the more original contributions to the cultural debates of the Irish Literary...

...so fortunately achieved for Ireland — something which might introduce her natives to those of her sister kingdom in a more favourable light than they...sympathy for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles."18 In 1822, the man who in his writings had so influentially represented his own culture for...

...Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland something which might introduce her natives to those of her sister kingdom in a more favourable light than they...sympathy for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles.2 The key word here is sympathy: the Union, like the Tin Man in the Wizard ofOz, only lacked...

...life, in the General Preface to the Waverly novels, he said that his object was to present the Scots "in a more favourable light than they had been placed...for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles". In recent years, for reasons which are obscure, quite a different view of the effect of Scott's novels...

...own country, of the same kind with that which Miss Edgeworth did fortunately achieve for Ireland — something which might introduce her natives to those...sympathy for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles.18 This passage comes from the opening preface to the Waverley novels, of which The Heart of...

...Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ireland—something which might introduce her natives to those of her sister kingdom in a more favourable light than they...for their virtues and indulgence for their foibles (W 523)." Scott's novelistic project does not aim at a justification of English hegemony directed to...