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... suggested by this word , that what he wrote was not true to life . But , in fact , even in his poems , Scott is not a " romantic poet like the old poets who wrote about King Arthur and Tristram , with their charming suggestion of magic ...
... suggested by this word , that what he wrote was not true to life . But , in fact , even in his poems , Scott is not a " romantic poet like the old poets who wrote about King Arthur and Tristram , with their charming suggestion of magic ...
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... suggest , since I cannot tell all the stories in a few short talks , some of the ways you might make Scott always more interesting for yourselves , and some of the stories I would suggest your beginning with if you have not read them ...
... suggest , since I cannot tell all the stories in a few short talks , some of the ways you might make Scott always more interesting for yourselves , and some of the stories I would suggest your beginning with if you have not read them ...
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... suggest , and that is the historical . Read one of Scott's novels like the two I have mentioned , Nigel and Quentin Durward , or Woodstock or Old Mortality , and then with your teacher of history check its accuracy . You may find an ...
... suggest , and that is the historical . Read one of Scott's novels like the two I have mentioned , Nigel and Quentin Durward , or Woodstock or Old Mortality , and then with your teacher of history check its accuracy . You may find an ...
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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