Sir Walter Scott: Broadcast Lectures to the Young |
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... perhaps I may be allowed to make a short digression to say a word about these , in case any of you have a liking for animals . Dogs were perhaps Scott's favourites , and he had a succession of them with him all his life . One of the ...
... perhaps I may be allowed to make a short digression to say a word about these , in case any of you have a liking for animals . Dogs were perhaps Scott's favourites , and he had a succession of them with him all his life . One of the ...
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... Perhaps you will be amused to know that Scott says he had never himself seen Melrose Abbey by night . But , to my mind , the most charming feature of the poem is the setting he gave to it . Scott liked to think of himself as the bard of ...
... Perhaps you will be amused to know that Scott says he had never himself seen Melrose Abbey by night . But , to my mind , the most charming feature of the poem is the setting he gave to it . Scott liked to think of himself as the bard of ...
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... perhaps none , not even he himself , would have expected , is willing to sacrifice his own life or happiness to do what he feels to be right and his duty , or worth doing for the good it will bring to others . I call poor Evan ...
... perhaps none , not even he himself , would have expected , is willing to sacrifice his own life or happiness to do what he feels to be right and his duty , or worth doing for the good it will bring to others . I call poor Evan ...
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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