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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... successes , but had taken great pains to prepare himself for them . - - a Sprung from the middle class in Scotland , country where the peasantry honor respectable line- age , even in the persons of men of fallen fortunes , - Scott had ...
... successes , but had taken great pains to prepare himself for them . - - a Sprung from the middle class in Scotland , country where the peasantry honor respectable line- age , even in the persons of men of fallen fortunes , - Scott had ...
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... successes as a writer , as he told Wordsworth , he could easily make any amount of money that he required , made him resolve to become a lord of the soil , at vast cost , and on a large scale , and plan a residence for himself . He was ...
... successes as a writer , as he told Wordsworth , he could easily make any amount of money that he required , made him resolve to become a lord of the soil , at vast cost , and on a large scale , and plan a residence for himself . He was ...
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... successful was the result , which was most satisfied and grateful , the monarch or the people . For quarter of a century ... success of his first great poem , " The Lay of the Last Minstrel , " hastily written , at the request of a ...
... successful was the result , which was most satisfied and grateful , the monarch or the people . For quarter of a century ... success of his first great poem , " The Lay of the Last Minstrel , " hastily written , at the request of a ...
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... successful adventurer . Young Lochinvar , about whom he wrote that stirring ballad of love and audacity , which he made Lady Heron sing at the royal court in " Marmion , " was not a mere poetic creation , but the embodiment of many a ...
... successful adventurer . Young Lochinvar , about whom he wrote that stirring ballad of love and audacity , which he made Lady Heron sing at the royal court in " Marmion , " was not a mere poetic creation , but the embodiment of many a ...
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... successful labor ; and a proud day came when the Rector declared , that , though many of the pupils understood the Latin better , " Gualterus Scott was behind few in following and enjoying the author's meaning . " Next followed attempts ...
... successful labor ; and a proud day came when the Rector declared , that , though many of the pupils understood the Latin better , " Gualterus Scott was behind few in following and enjoying the author's meaning . " Next followed attempts ...
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