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... daughter . After dinner , over the wine , the antiquaries get into a heated quarrel over a subject which was much interesting historians of Scotland in Scott's day , namely , whether the Picts of whom we hear in early references to this ...
... daughter . After dinner , over the wine , the antiquaries get into a heated quarrel over a subject which was much interesting historians of Scotland in Scott's day , namely , whether the Picts of whom we hear in early references to this ...
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... daughter of a poor , honest , very strictly religious dairy - farmer in the immediate neighbourhood of Edinburgh . Davie Deans , that is his name , had been a Covenanter and he will make no compromise with those who think that there is ...
... daughter of a poor , honest , very strictly religious dairy - farmer in the immediate neighbourhood of Edinburgh . Davie Deans , that is his name , had been a Covenanter and he will make no compromise with those who think that there is ...
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... daughter Anne ; his house in Edinburgh was given up , but he was allowed by his creditors to retain the house and garden , not the lands , of Abbotsford . But what he felt most of all was the delicacy of his little grandson , Hugh ...
... daughter Anne ; his house in Edinburgh was given up , but he was allowed by his creditors to retain the house and garden , not the lands , of Abbotsford . But what he felt most of all was the delicacy of his little grandson , Hugh ...
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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