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... give thee the praises due , At once instructed and delighted . " AND CO . PRIOR . BOSTON : JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY , ( LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS , AND FIELDS , OSGOOD , & CO . ) ASTOR LIENE 423 W4 28 1873 NEW - YORS Entered. 1871 .
... give thee the praises due , At once instructed and delighted . " AND CO . PRIOR . BOSTON : JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY , ( LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS , AND FIELDS , OSGOOD , & CO . ) ASTOR LIENE 423 W4 28 1873 NEW - YORS Entered. 1871 .
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... give him comfort on the death - bed . It might be said , - - " He taught us how to live , and ( oh , too high The price for knowledge ! ) taught us how to die . " On the occasion of his centenary , when the mem- ory of Walter Scott will ...
... give him comfort on the death - bed . It might be said , - - " He taught us how to live , and ( oh , too high The price for knowledge ! ) taught us how to die . " On the occasion of his centenary , when the mem- ory of Walter Scott will ...
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... gives a rather extended account of his family , prefaced with the statement : " Every Scottishman has a pedigree . It is a national prerogative , as unalienable as his pride and his poverty . My birth was neither distinguished nor ...
... gives a rather extended account of his family , prefaced with the statement : " Every Scottishman has a pedigree . It is a national prerogative , as unalienable as his pride and his poverty . My birth was neither distinguished nor ...
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... greatly improved , was not good , and it was resolved to give him the advantage of country residence near Kelso . His aunt , Miss Janet Scott , lived there in a small house , then the property of his father , which stood in a large.
... greatly improved , was not good , and it was resolved to give him the advantage of country residence near Kelso . His aunt , Miss Janet Scott , lived there in a small house , then the property of his father , which stood in a large.
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... give him the desired " legal mind . " Of course , he could not , and did not , profit to any extent by les- sons so few and slight . Walter Scott quitted the University of Edinburgh , I believe , without graduating . His utter ignorance ...
... give him the desired " legal mind . " Of course , he could not , and did not , profit to any extent by les- sons so few and slight . Walter Scott quitted the University of Edinburgh , I believe , without graduating . His utter ignorance ...
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