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... scenes famous in Scottish history , like the field of Bannockburn , he says , gave him more pleasure than the loveliest landscapes . Once , when he and his ... scene so vividly that one of the company , although he knew BALLAD COLLECTING 25.
... scenes famous in Scottish history , like the field of Bannockburn , he says , gave him more pleasure than the loveliest landscapes . Once , when he and his ... scene so vividly that one of the company , although he knew BALLAD COLLECTING 25.
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... scenes . Two of the best of these are that in which Louis , having had the daring to visit , and so put himself in the power of , Charles the Duke , is imprisoned and almost loses his life , and the ... scene is in SCOTT AND HISTORY 127.
... scenes . Two of the best of these are that in which Louis , having had the daring to visit , and so put himself in the power of , Charles the Duke , is imprisoned and almost loses his life , and the ... scene is in SCOTT AND HISTORY 127.
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... scenes from that story you must not omit the beautiful and tragic scene of the funeral of poor Saunders Mucklebackit the young fisher- man , a more beautiful scene even than that of the escape from drowning which I read in one of these ...
... scenes from that story you must not omit the beautiful and tragic scene of the funeral of poor Saunders Mucklebackit the young fisher- man , a more beautiful scene even than that of the escape from drowning which I read in one of these ...
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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