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... Walter was nearly five years old , his aunt took him to Bath in England . They went by sea to London and by coach to Bath . Walter was a great favourite with the pas- sengers on the boat , and when he shot at one of them with his toy ...
... Walter was nearly five years old , his aunt took him to Bath in England . They went by sea to London and by coach to Bath . Walter was a great favourite with the pas- sengers on the boat , and when he shot at one of them with his toy ...
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... Walter was very miserable . He found consolation in his mother's fondness for her delicate child , and in reading everything that came to hand- Shakespeare , whose works he found in his mother's bedroom , and sat up reading by the fire ...
... Walter was very miserable . He found consolation in his mother's fondness for her delicate child , and in reading everything that came to hand- Shakespeare , whose works he found in his mother's bedroom , and sat up reading by the fire ...
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... Walter did not work very hard at the regular lessons . The Latin teacher could not keep order , and Greek he would ... Walter's early delicacy . For the next thirty years of his life Scott was not only healthy but 24 SIR WALTER SCOTT.
... Walter did not work very hard at the regular lessons . The Latin teacher could not keep order , and Greek he would ... Walter's early delicacy . For the next thirty years of his life Scott was not only healthy but 24 SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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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