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... Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 or 1745. Scott replied , " You flatter me very much by pointing out to my attention the feuds of 1715 and '45 ; the truth is , the subject has often and deeply interested me from my earliest youth . My great ...
... Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 or 1745. Scott replied , " You flatter me very much by pointing out to my attention the feuds of 1715 and '45 ; the truth is , the subject has often and deeply interested me from my earliest youth . My great ...
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... Jacobite uncle and aunt , in very much the same way as Scott had been reading endless romances and poetry and history , and indulging in day - dreams . He is on the point of falling in love , or thinking he is in love , with a Miss ...
... Jacobite uncle and aunt , in very much the same way as Scott had been reading endless romances and poetry and history , and indulging in day - dreams . He is on the point of falling in love , or thinking he is in love , with a Miss ...
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... Jacobites in Edin- burgh , the Battle of Prestonpans , the march into England and the retreat . During the retreat ... Jacobite rebellion , gives you rather a truthful description of how things went , of what sort of people took part ...
... Jacobites in Edin- burgh , the Battle of Prestonpans , the march into England and the retreat . During the retreat ... Jacobite rebellion , gives you rather a truthful description of how things went , of what sort of people took part ...
Contents
Stories of Scotts Boyhood page II | 11 |
How the Ballads led to the Poems | 41 |
How the Poems led to the Novels | 55 |
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