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... Scotland , which lingered longer in the mouths of men , unprinted many of them till Walter Scott , that famous lover of old tradition and romance , gave them to the world in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . It is from this ...
... Scotland , which lingered longer in the mouths of men , unprinted many of them till Walter Scott , that famous lover of old tradition and romance , gave them to the world in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . It is from this ...
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... border tide ? And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Is keeper on the Scottish side ? " And have they e'en ta'en him , Kinmont Willie , Withouten either dread or fear ? 45 And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Can back a steed , or ...
... border tide ? And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Is keeper on the Scottish side ? " And have they e'en ta'en him , Kinmont Willie , Withouten either dread or fear ? 45 And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Can back a steed , or ...
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... Scottish gentleman as Burns is of the Scottish peasant . Descended on both sides from old families of the Scottish border , he divided his childhood between his own romantic town of Edinburgh and a country district where every river ...
... Scottish gentleman as Burns is of the Scottish peasant . Descended on both sides from old families of the Scottish border , he divided his childhood between his own romantic town of Edinburgh and a country district where every river ...
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... Scottish Border . It gives the Scottish version of one of the most famous raids that occurred during the long Border warfare between the Scotch and the English . In 1388 James , Earl of Douglas , invaded England at the head of three ...
... Scottish Border . It gives the Scottish version of one of the most famous raids that occurred during the long Border warfare between the Scotch and the English . In 1388 James , Earl of Douglas , invaded England at the head of three ...
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... Scottish Border . 6. the Lindesays , a famous family in Scotland . 7. the Jardines , a clan of the West Border , at feud with the house of Douglas . 9. Tyne , a river in the northeast of England . 10. Bambrough , Bamborough , a little ...
... Scottish Border . 6. the Lindesays , a famous family in Scotland . 7. the Jardines , a clan of the West Border , at feud with the house of Douglas . 9. Tyne , a river in the northeast of England . 10. Bambrough , Bamborough , a little ...
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