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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Page 13
... appearance of a forest approaching from Birnam , he knew the hour of his destruction was come . His followers , too , began to be disheartened , and to fly from the Castle , seeing their master had lost all hopes . Macbeth , however ...
... appearance of a forest approaching from Birnam , he knew the hour of his destruction was come . His followers , too , began to be disheartened , and to fly from the Castle , seeing their master had lost all hopes . Macbeth , however ...
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... appearance and manners such as were then thought most suited to their royal birth . This is the description of the Duke of Albany by an ancient Scottish author : He was well proportioned , and tall in stature , and comely in his ...
... appearance and manners such as were then thought most suited to their royal birth . This is the description of the Duke of Albany by an ancient Scottish author : He was well proportioned , and tall in stature , and comely in his ...
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... appearance with the rebel Lords against his father in the field of Sauchie was a very sinful action . He did not consi- der his own youth , nor the enticements of the Lords , who had obtained possession of his person , as any sufficient ...
... appearance with the rebel Lords against his father in the field of Sauchie was a very sinful action . He did not consi- der his own youth , nor the enticements of the Lords , who had obtained possession of his person , as any sufficient ...
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... appearance , and skill in every kind of warlike exercise , that he was wont to call him his Graysteil , after the name of a champion in a romance then popular . Archibald , becoming rather an old man , and tired of his exile in England ...
... appearance , and skill in every kind of warlike exercise , that he was wont to call him his Graysteil , after the name of a champion in a romance then popular . Archibald , becoming rather an old man , and tired of his exile in England ...
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... appearance in the shape of a number of covered saucers , one of which was placed before each guest , and being examined , was found full of gold bonnet - pieces , which they were desired to accept as the fruit produced by the moun ...
... appearance in the shape of a number of covered saucers , one of which was placed before each guest , and being examined , was found full of gold bonnet - pieces , which they were desired to accept as the fruit produced by the moun ...
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