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... Constable , the original of Jonathan Oldbuck , was a friend of Scott's father . Unlike the Antiquary he was no woman - hater , but was strongly suspected of admiring Miss Janet Scott . How- ever this may have been , it is of interest to ...
... Constable , the original of Jonathan Oldbuck , was a friend of Scott's father . Unlike the Antiquary he was no woman - hater , but was strongly suspected of admiring Miss Janet Scott . How- ever this may have been , it is of interest to ...
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... constable . As he grew older Scott's Toryism mellowed and broadened , but his patriotism waxed ever greater and greater as the struggle with France became less political and more national . The German language , when Scott learned it ...
... constable . As he grew older Scott's Toryism mellowed and broadened , but his patriotism waxed ever greater and greater as the struggle with France became less political and more national . The German language , when Scott learned it ...
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... Constable " had paid him well for it . Mr. Constable , by the way , had also paid the poet well too - in advance ; but this was not , as Byron thought , because of Scott's greed , but to enable him to assist his brother Thomas , whose ...
... Constable " had paid him well for it . Mr. Constable , by the way , had also paid the poet well too - in advance ; but this was not , as Byron thought , because of Scott's greed , but to enable him to assist his brother Thomas , whose ...
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... no great belief in his friend as a critic of poetry . And he was further induced to join the " plot " against the Whig periodical by dissatisfaction with its proprietor , Archibald Constable , hitherto his own THE " QUARTERLY " 57.
... no great belief in his friend as a critic of poetry . And he was further induced to join the " plot " against the Whig periodical by dissatisfaction with its proprietor , Archibald Constable , hitherto his own THE " QUARTERLY " 57.
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Gerald Le Grys Norgate. with its proprietor , Archibald Constable , hitherto his own publisher . Scott's alienation from " The Crafty , " as he was nicknamed , was but temporary ; but it had an important effect upon his own career . For ...
Gerald Le Grys Norgate. with its proprietor , Archibald Constable , hitherto his own publisher . Scott's alienation from " The Crafty , " as he was nicknamed , was but temporary ; but it had an important effect upon his own career . For ...
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