Waverley, Or, 'tis Sixty Years Since: In Three Volumes, Volumen 1 |
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My early recollections of the Highland scenery and customs made so favourable
an impression in the poem called ... I had been a good deal in the Highlands at a
time when they were much less accessible , and much less visited , than they ...
My early recollections of the Highland scenery and customs made so favourable
an impression in the poem called ... I had been a good deal in the Highlands at a
time when they were much less accessible , and much less visited , than they ...
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... as having travelled through most parts of Scotland , both Highland and
Lowland ; having been familiar with the elder , as well as more modern race ; and
having had from my infancy free and unrestrained communication with all ranks
of my ...
... as having travelled through most parts of Scotland , both Highland and
Lowland ; having been familiar with the elder , as well as more modern race ; and
having had from my infancy free and unrestrained communication with all ranks
of my ...
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... the middle ages did not possess the interest which I had conceived ; and was
led to form the opinion that a romance , founded on a Highland story , and more
modern events , would have a better chance of popularity than a tale of chivalry .
... the middle ages did not possess the interest which I had conceived ; and was
led to form the opinion that a romance , founded on a Highland story , and more
modern events , would have a better chance of popularity than a tale of chivalry .
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This legend , with several variations , is found in many parts of Scotland and
England - the scene is sometimes laid in some favourite glen of the Highlands ,
sometimes in the deep coal - mines of Northumberland and Cumberland , which
run ...
This legend , with several variations , is found in many parts of Scotland and
England - the scene is sometimes laid in some favourite glen of the Highlands ,
sometimes in the deep coal - mines of Northumberland and Cumberland , which
run ...
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very officer of the King's forces , who , scorning to join the flight of all around ,
remained with his sword in his hand , as if determined to the last to defend the
post assigned to him , the Highland gentleman commanded him to surrender ,
and ...
very officer of the King's forces , who , scorning to join the flight of all around ,
remained with his sword in his hand , as if determined to the last to defend the
post assigned to him , the Highland gentleman commanded him to surrender ,
and ...
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