Sir Walter Scott: the Story of His LifeJ. R. Osgood, 1871 - 488 páginas During his reunion with Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver tells of his quest to recover the remaining treasure from Treasure Island. |
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... re- late that story , avoiding diffuseness , rejecting all but well - ascertained facts , and stating many particulars within my own knowledge and recollection . CHAPTER II . Ancestry . - Scotts and Rutherfords . 14 SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... re- late that story , avoiding diffuseness , rejecting all but well - ascertained facts , and stating many particulars within my own knowledge and recollection . CHAPTER II . Ancestry . - Scotts and Rutherfords . 14 SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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... facts relating to Sir Walter Scott's ancestors and immediate family , I now proceed to tell the story of his youth . Walter Scott was born on Aug. 15 , 1771. He says , " I was an uncommonly healthy child , but had nearly died in ...
... facts relating to Sir Walter Scott's ancestors and immediate family , I now proceed to tell the story of his youth . Walter Scott was born on Aug. 15 , 1771. He says , " I was an uncommonly healthy child , but had nearly died in ...
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... fact , that , no doubt from early association with all sorts of persons in the country in his youth , who were not very particular in their manner of speaking , Walter Scott usually had a very marked Scottish pronuncia- tion . This ...
... fact , that , no doubt from early association with all sorts of persons in the country in his youth , who were not very particular in their manner of speaking , Walter Scott usually had a very marked Scottish pronuncia- tion . This ...
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... facts and prejudices . The defeat at Culloden ( April 16 , 1746 ) was no mere tradition , like most of the border - legends which charmed him , but had occurred only thirty years before ; and many of those who described it , and the ...
... facts and prejudices . The defeat at Culloden ( April 16 , 1746 ) was no mere tradition , like most of the border - legends which charmed him , but had occurred only thirty years before ; and many of those who described it , and the ...
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... , at Preston - Pans , Constable was 66 con- stantly philandering about " Scott's still handsome maiden aunt , it is evident that he was not , in fact , so ÆT . 7. ] MRS . PIPCHIN . 29 decided 28 [ 1778 SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... , at Preston - Pans , Constable was 66 con- stantly philandering about " Scott's still handsome maiden aunt , it is evident that he was not , in fact , so ÆT . 7. ] MRS . PIPCHIN . 29 decided 28 [ 1778 SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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