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Page 417
... published , but very little notice was taken of it , and it brought him in no money . He left copies of his poems at the doors of statesmen and other important people , hoping to find a patron . Nobody listened to or helped him ; until ...
... published , but very little notice was taken of it , and it brought him in no money . He left copies of his poems at the doors of statesmen and other important people , hoping to find a patron . Nobody listened to or helped him ; until ...
Page 468
... published , twenty thousand copies were sold in a little more than six months . Scott was beginning to grow rich . In 1811 he bought an estate of about a hundred acres in a lovely district on the banks of the Tweed , and began to build ...
... published , twenty thousand copies were sold in a little more than six months . Scott was beginning to grow rich . In 1811 he bought an estate of about a hundred acres in a lovely district on the banks of the Tweed , and began to build ...
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... publish such a volume as has never been published since the time of Keats , " declared his friend Edward Fitz- Gerald , " and which , once published , will never be suffered to die . " The poems came out in two volumes toward the end of ...
... publish such a volume as has never been published since the time of Keats , " declared his friend Edward Fitz- Gerald , " and which , once published , will never be suffered to die . " The poems came out in two volumes toward the end of ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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