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... formed the district of Liddesdale , and the Debatable Land and the Border generally . These were great days for Scott . The farmers lived in out - of- the - way glens and saw little of strangers , were rather shy of them and not least ...
... formed the district of Liddesdale , and the Debatable Land and the Border generally . These were great days for Scott . The farmers lived in out - of- the - way glens and saw little of strangers , were rather shy of them and not least ...
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... forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers , or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling thunder ... formed by two projecting capes of high and inaccessible rock , which shot out into the sea like the horns of a ...
... forming waves that rose high in foam upon the breakers , or burst upon the beach with a sound resembling thunder ... formed by two projecting capes of high and inaccessible rock , which shot out into the sea like the horns of a ...
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... formed , from which strangers must derive the pleasure and profit , will excite feelings likely to sober my gayest moments . I have half resolved never to see the place again . How could I tread my hall with such a diminished crest ...
... formed , from which strangers must derive the pleasure and profit , will excite feelings likely to sober my gayest moments . I have half resolved never to see the place again . How could I tread my hall with such a diminished crest ...
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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