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... once fell in love with him , and his biographer tells us that one morning when he had a hunt assembled before his door and all the riders were just going to start , his daughter Anne " broke from the line crying and laughing , and ...
... once fell in love with him , and his biographer tells us that one morning when he had a hunt assembled before his door and all the riders were just going to start , his daughter Anne " broke from the line crying and laughing , and ...
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... Once , when he and his friends were crossing Magus Moor near St Andrews , where , some of you may remember , the Covenanters murdered Archbishop Sharp , dragging the old man from his coach and cutting him to pieces before the eyes of ...
... Once , when he and his friends were crossing Magus Moor near St Andrews , where , some of you may remember , the Covenanters murdered Archbishop Sharp , dragging the old man from his coach and cutting him to pieces before the eyes of ...
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... once was the famous or infamous John Murray of Broughton , who had been Prince Charlie's secretary , but who had turned what is called 66 King's evidence " and betrayed to the English Ministers the full detail of the conspiracy and all ...
... once was the famous or infamous John Murray of Broughton , who had been Prince Charlie's secretary , but who had turned what is called 66 King's evidence " and betrayed to the English Ministers the full detail of the conspiracy and all ...
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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