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Page 154
... Redgauntlet , in his recital of Scottish history to his nephew , is taking literally and seriously what to most eighteenth - century Scotsmen had become only a piece of emotional self - indulgence which had no relation to their ...
... Redgauntlet , in his recital of Scottish history to his nephew , is taking literally and seriously what to most eighteenth - century Scotsmen had become only a piece of emotional self - indulgence which had no relation to their ...
Page 156
... Redgauntlet , clasping his hands together as the words burst from him , ' the cause is lost for ever ! ' The heroic gesture cannot survive in the face of cool , good - humored , modern common sense . The Jacobite movement dissolves in ...
... Redgauntlet , clasping his hands together as the words burst from him , ' the cause is lost for ever ! ' The heroic gesture cannot survive in the face of cool , good - humored , modern common sense . The Jacobite movement dissolves in ...
Page 159
... Redgauntlet , Catholic , Tory , Jacobite , rebel . Redgauntlet is perhaps best known to the general reader for the inset ' Wandering Willie's Tale ' . Wandering Willie himself represents the fate of the old feudal retainer in the modern ...
... Redgauntlet , Catholic , Tory , Jacobite , rebel . Redgauntlet is perhaps best known to the general reader for the inset ' Wandering Willie's Tale ' . Wandering Willie himself represents the fate of the old feudal retainer in the modern ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Chronology of Scotts Life | 25 |
ALEXANDER WELSH Scotts Heroes | 63 |
Copyright | |
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