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... things . • The enthusiasm with which the Lay was received is easy to understand . It was not only that it was a very beautiful thing . It was beauty in a new form - new both to the popular mind , and to the student of literature of any ...
... things . • The enthusiasm with which the Lay was received is easy to understand . It was not only that it was a very beautiful thing . It was beauty in a new form - new both to the popular mind , and to the student of literature of any ...
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... thing . a settled thing . Perhaps he would , but Scott did not play the game of life in that spirit , or he would not have been Scott at all , nor been able to write poems which would bring in £ 2,000 . Lockhart's paragon of prudence ...
... thing . a settled thing . Perhaps he would , but Scott did not play the game of life in that spirit , or he would not have been Scott at all , nor been able to write poems which would bring in £ 2,000 . Lockhart's paragon of prudence ...
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... thing . Most of us would agree to that . But , to Scott , it would make the enterprise of that new wing a more attractive , a more adventurous thing . He would dream Kenilworth , and the dream would turn into solid stone . Can the world ...
... thing . Most of us would agree to that . But , to Scott , it would make the enterprise of that new wing a more attractive , a more adventurous thing . He would dream Kenilworth , and the dream would turn into solid stone . Can the world ...
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