Sir Walter Scott: the Story of His LifeDuring his reunion with Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver tells of his quest to recover the remaining treasure from Treasure Island. |
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... Court of Session . - Presentation of Library and Museum . Maltreated at Jedburgh .. - " Count Robert of Paris " and " Castle Dangerous . " - Capt . Burns at Abbotsford . - Voyage to Italy . -Graham's Island . - Malta . - Naples . - Rome ...
... Court of Session . - Presentation of Library and Museum . Maltreated at Jedburgh .. - " Count Robert of Paris " and " Castle Dangerous . " - Capt . Burns at Abbotsford . - Voyage to Italy . -Graham's Island . - Malta . - Naples . - Rome ...
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... court , and family ; in " Quentin Dur- ward , " Louis the Eleventh of France , Charles the Bold of Burgundy , the brave Dunois , Cardinal Balue , Philip des Comines , and Oliver le Dain ; in " Anne of Geierstein , " Louis of France and ...
... court , and family ; in " Quentin Dur- ward , " Louis the Eleventh of France , Charles the Bold of Burgundy , the brave Dunois , Cardinal Balue , Philip des Comines , and Oliver le Dain ; in " Anne of Geierstein , " Louis of France and ...
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... the tale is named ; in " The Heart of Mid Lothian , " Queen Caro- line and her court , the Duke of Argyle , and Captain Porteus ; in “ Waverley , " the Young Chevalier , Col- onel Gardiner , and the butcher - duke of Cumberland.
... the tale is named ; in " The Heart of Mid Lothian , " Queen Caro- line and her court , the Duke of Argyle , and Captain Porteus ; in “ Waverley , " the Young Chevalier , Col- onel Gardiner , and the butcher - duke of Cumberland.
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... Court of Session , in which , during the legal terms , he daily sat , - an official immediately below the judges , —and gaze at that stalwart , shrewd - looking man with the towering forehead , who , as his pen rap- idly passed over the ...
... Court of Session , in which , during the legal terms , he daily sat , - an official immediately below the judges , —and gaze at that stalwart , shrewd - looking man with the towering forehead , who , as his pen rap- idly passed over the ...
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... court in " Marmion , " was not a mere poetic creation , but the embodiment of many a similar ad- venture in the far - off days when personal prowess won favor from the fair , and all stratagems which went to unite loving youth to youth ...
... court in " Marmion , " was not a mere poetic creation , but the embodiment of many a similar ad- venture in the far - off days when personal prowess won favor from the fair , and all stratagems which went to unite loving youth to youth ...
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