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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... Original of Jeanie Deans . - House - heating at Abbotsford.- Baronetcy offered . - Profitable Copyright Remain- ders . CHAPTER XVIII . The Ettrick Shepherd . - Death of Buccleugh . - Authorship by Dictation . - " The Bride of Lammermoor ...
... Original of Jeanie Deans . - House - heating at Abbotsford.- Baronetcy offered . - Profitable Copyright Remain- ders . CHAPTER XVIII . The Ettrick Shepherd . - Death of Buccleugh . - Authorship by Dictation . - " The Bride of Lammermoor ...
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... original creations of Scott's own genius were even more numerous than these : perhaps it would be more accurate to say , without detracting from his invention , that he scarcely ever drew any character , not historical , without having ...
... original creations of Scott's own genius were even more numerous than these : perhaps it would be more accurate to say , without detracting from his invention , that he scarcely ever drew any character , not historical , without having ...
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... original " Lay , " in which William of Deloraine , that " stark moss - trooping Scott , " occupies a prominent position . In middle age , he joyed to remember and record these early days , when , as he wrote , " Ever by the winter ...
... original " Lay , " in which William of Deloraine , that " stark moss - trooping Scott , " occupies a prominent position . In middle age , he joyed to remember and record these early days , when , as he wrote , " Ever by the winter ...
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... original nineteen members , four became lords of session , one succeeded to an earldom , two were baronets , one was created baronet , one was a foreign nobleman , three were landed proprietors , one was made professor of law at Glasgow ...
... original nineteen members , four became lords of session , one succeeded to an earldom , two were baronets , one was created baronet , one was a foreign nobleman , three were landed proprietors , one was made professor of law at Glasgow ...
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... original of Dandie Dinmont , who is as much a gentleman in his way as the high and mighty Col. Mannering was in his . But the scenery , even more than the people , became impressed upon his mind . Liddesdale was made the scene of many ...
... original of Dandie Dinmont , who is as much a gentleman in his way as the high and mighty Col. Mannering was in his . But the scenery , even more than the people , became impressed upon his mind . Liddesdale was made the scene of many ...
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