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... had clapped his hands at the lightning was no coward , and as he grew stronger he took part in exciting and even dangerous exploits , and in rough games at school . For , after some elementary lessons , 18 SIR WALTER SCOTT.
... had clapped his hands at the lightning was no coward , and as he grew stronger he took part in exciting and even dangerous exploits , and in rough games at school . For , after some elementary lessons , 18 SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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... excited by what he was told , by a friend who had been present , of this ballad , that he sat up the whole night ... exciting picture of the lives and wars and loves of the old German barons who lived in the castles which border the ...
... excited by what he was told , by a friend who had been present , of this ballad , that he sat up the whole night ... exciting picture of the lives and wars and loves of the old German barons who lived in the castles which border the ...
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... exciting life than regular social and family life affords . It was this which had set him roaming through the ... excitement of the imaginary adventures and escapes . Thus , Scott often in his stories gives us pictures not only of Kings ...
... exciting life than regular social and family life affords . It was this which had set him roaming through the ... excitement of the imaginary adventures and escapes . Thus , Scott often in his stories gives us pictures not only of Kings ...
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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