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... heard . " In the intervals of school - hours , ( says James , ) it was our constant practice to walk together by the banks of the Tweed , and his stories appeared to be quite inexhaustible . " This friendship with the Ballantynes ...
... heard . " In the intervals of school - hours , ( says James , ) it was our constant practice to walk together by the banks of the Tweed , and his stories appeared to be quite inexhaustible . " This friendship with the Ballantynes ...
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... heard of this circum- stance , he exclaimed : " Scott ruined ! the author of Waverley ruined ! Good God , let every man to whom he has given months of delight give him a sixpence , and he will rise to- morrow morning richer than a ...
... heard of this circum- stance , he exclaimed : " Scott ruined ! the author of Waverley ruined ! Good God , let every man to whom he has given months of delight give him a sixpence , and he will rise to- morrow morning richer than a ...
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... When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell , VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch CANTO L LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
... When the streets of high Dunedin Saw lances gleam , and falchions redden , And heard the slogan's deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell , VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch CANTO L LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go - but go alone the while- Then view St. David's ruined pile : And , home returning , soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair ! II . Short halt did Deloraine ...
... heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go - but go alone the while- Then view St. David's ruined pile : And , home returning , soothly swear Was never scene so sad and fair ! II . Short halt did Deloraine ...
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... heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister - galleries small , Which at mid - height thread the chancel wall , Loud sobs , and laughter louder , ran , And voices unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday ...
... heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister - galleries small , Which at mid - height thread the chancel wall , Loud sobs , and laughter louder , ran , And voices unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday ...
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