The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 6Conner & Cooke, 1833 - English literature |
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... Lowland Scotch . That last lan- the injury , without regarding how innocent the sub - guage does not greatly differ from English , and the ject of their vengeance might have been of the ori - inhabitants of both countries easily ...
... Lowland Scotch . That last lan- the injury , without regarding how innocent the sub - guage does not greatly differ from English , and the ject of their vengeance might have been of the ori - inhabitants of both countries easily ...
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... Lowlands , that the wild Highlanders were as much addicted to quarrel with each other as with their neighbours . Two ... Lowland gentlemen . To give some idea of their fe- rocity , it is told that Sir David Lindsay , having in the first ...
... Lowlands , that the wild Highlanders were as much addicted to quarrel with each other as with their neighbours . Two ... Lowland gentlemen . To give some idea of their fe- rocity , it is told that Sir David Lindsay , having in the first ...
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... Lowland gentle- men , better armed and disciplined than the followers of Donald . A most desperate battle ensued , in which both parties suffered great loss . On that of Donald , the chiefs of the clans , called Macintosh and Mac- clean ...
... Lowland gentle- men , better armed and disciplined than the followers of Donald . A most desperate battle ensued , in which both parties suffered great loss . On that of Donald , the chiefs of the clans , called Macintosh and Mac- clean ...
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... Lowland Scots , or upon each other . They paid little respect either to times of truce or to treaties of peace , but exercised their depredations without much regard to either , and often occasioned wars which would not otherwise have ...
... Lowland Scots , or upon each other . They paid little respect either to times of truce or to treaties of peace , but exercised their depredations without much regard to either , and often occasioned wars which would not otherwise have ...
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... Lowland countries were glad to be rid of him ; but on the Borders he was both missed and mourned , as a brave warrior and a stout man - at - arms against England . Such were the effects of the terror struck by these general executions ...
... Lowland countries were glad to be rid of him ; but on the Borders he was both missed and mourned , as a brave warrior and a stout man - at - arms against England . Such were the effects of the terror struck by these general executions ...
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