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... Rob Roy is , and high as it stands among his novels as a literary achievement , it does not do full justice to its hero . The introduction is admirable , and the Highland scenes perfect . But how sparingly Scott used the Rob Roy legends ...
... Rob Roy is , and high as it stands among his novels as a literary achievement , it does not do full justice to its hero . The introduction is admirable , and the Highland scenes perfect . But how sparingly Scott used the Rob Roy legends ...
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... Rob calmly told him that it was the body of a rascally messenger who had come to his house the night before and there had been no time to bury him ! The affair ended for the messenger , as so many attempts to capture Rob Roy ended , in ...
... Rob calmly told him that it was the body of a rascally messenger who had come to his house the night before and there had been no time to bury him ! The affair ended for the messenger , as so many attempts to capture Rob Roy ended , in ...
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... Rob Roy walk for some time in front of St. James's . His Majesty observed , and remarked that he had never seen a finer - looking man in a Highland dress , and Argyll having soon after waited on the king , his majesty told him of his ...
... Rob Roy walk for some time in front of St. James's . His Majesty observed , and remarked that he had never seen a finer - looking man in a Highland dress , and Argyll having soon after waited on the king , his majesty told him of his ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Knox visit Holyrood discover a poet also a mystery | 42 |
CHAPTER THREE | 88 |
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