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... BORDER MINSTRELSY CHAPTER V THE BORDER POEMS CHAPTER VI THE " QUARTERLY " AND " THE LADY OF THE LAKE " CHAPTER VII REMOVAL TO ABBOTSFORD , AND LAST POEMS . " WAVERLEY " CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX " GUY MANNERING , " BYRON , AND WATERLOO ...
... BORDER MINSTRELSY CHAPTER V THE BORDER POEMS CHAPTER VI THE " QUARTERLY " AND " THE LADY OF THE LAKE " CHAPTER VII REMOVAL TO ABBOTSFORD , AND LAST POEMS . " WAVERLEY " CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX " GUY MANNERING , " BYRON , AND WATERLOO ...
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... Border , and in England also by the Lay of the Last Minstrel and Marmion . Conscious of real merit , and manifestly con- fident that he would succeed in building up a great literary reputation , he had no mock modesty , but recog- nised ...
... Border , and in England also by the Lay of the Last Minstrel and Marmion . Conscious of real merit , and manifestly con- fident that he would succeed in building up a great literary reputation , he had no mock modesty , but recog- nised ...
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... Border as Auld Watt of Harden and the Flower of Yarrow . It was their son William who was fain to wed Meikle- mouthed Meg . From this lady , whose story Browning has revived for us in a characteristic poem , Sir Walter perhaps got a ...
... Border as Auld Watt of Harden and the Flower of Yarrow . It was their son William who was fain to wed Meikle- mouthed Meg . From this lady , whose story Browning has revived for us in a characteristic poem , Sir Walter perhaps got a ...
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... , carried thither upon the shoulders of Sandy Ormiston , the shepherd and cow - bailie , used to pass the greater part of the day listening to tales of Border forays from the lips of " the aged hind , 4 THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
... , carried thither upon the shoulders of Sandy Ormiston , the shepherd and cow - bailie , used to pass the greater part of the day listening to tales of Border forays from the lips of " the aged hind , 4 THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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... Border heroes , or by listening to his aunt reading was able to repeat long passages from all manner of books . In this last diversion he would indulge without heeding the presence of his elders , so that the parish clergyman , Dr ...
... Border heroes , or by listening to his aunt reading was able to repeat long passages from all manner of books . In this last diversion he would indulge without heeding the presence of his elders , so that the parish clergyman , Dr ...
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