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... appeared , Scott paid what proved to be his last visit to Invermay . The circumstances are not known , but a letter from Miss Cranstoun tells us that he rode quietly away to Perth after an interview which had filled him with despair ...
... appeared , Scott paid what proved to be his last visit to Invermay . The circumstances are not known , but a letter from Miss Cranstoun tells us that he rode quietly away to Perth after an interview which had filled him with despair ...
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... appearance in a criminal court was more successful , though he got no fee , but the promise of a maukin , or PARLIAMENT HOUSE hare , from the poacher and sheep- stealer whose acquittal he had ob- tained . Another case - that of a ...
... appearance in a criminal court was more successful , though he got no fee , but the promise of a maukin , or PARLIAMENT HOUSE hare , from the poacher and sheep- stealer whose acquittal he had ob- tained . Another case - that of a ...
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... appeared in the dress in which he had attended the sheep - market , his hands bearing traces of recent tar . Mrs. Scott was reclining on a sofa , and what does the shepherd do but copy the lady of the house " by putting his feet up on a ...
... appeared in the dress in which he had attended the sheep - market , his hands bearing traces of recent tar . Mrs. Scott was reclining on a sofa , and what does the shepherd do but copy the lady of the house " by putting his feet up on a ...
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... appeared ; but Mrs. Scott could not forbear taunting her guest , with the hope that " Mr. 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 ...
... appeared ; but Mrs. Scott could not forbear taunting her guest , with the hope that " Mr. 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 ...
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... appearing in Highland kilts . To return to matters of more moment . The launch- ing of the Quarterly brought Scott and his wife ( who came by sea for economy's sake ) to London , where he was lionised as a fashionable poet , and saw ...
... appearing in Highland kilts . To return to matters of more moment . The launch- ing of the Quarterly brought Scott and his wife ( who came by sea for economy's sake ) to London , where he was lionised as a fashionable poet , and saw ...
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