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...o the three small deeds that will show he is worthy to ask for the hand of the Lady Mary in marriage. Filled with chivalry, humour, and high romance, Sir Nigel is simply a rattling good yarn. (Summary by Clive Catterall)...

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...Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England. Raleigh's poetry is written in the relat...

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...ve in ghosts himself, as did many of his contemporaries? It's generally possible to find earthly interpretations, Freudian and other, for his ghosts. Sir Edmund Orme, though, is unquestionably a real ghost -- except of course that James's unnamed narrator tells the story in the voice of yet a third man, and the narrator himself passes no judgments on the factual nature of ...

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...errand by Henry James A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Ele... ...lvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James “There are several objections to it, bu... ...s no want of vividness in his occasional suspicion that he passed there 4 Sir Dominick Ferrand for a familiar bore. The only thing that was clearly f... ...stacles and in- tervals, of massive structure and fabulous extent. This 6 Sir Dominick Ferrand gentleman had taken up an attitude which had now passe... ...’s second floor, which had to serve as his altar of literary sacrifice. 8 Sir Dominick Ferrand If by exception he went out when the day was young he ... ...ather vulgar, but the davenport arrived that evening at Jersey Villas. 10 Sir Dominick Ferrand CHAPTER II. “I daresay it will be all right; he seems ... ...string together rhymes idiotic enough to make his neighbour’s fortune. 12 Sir Dominick Ferrand He was satisfied of the fineness of her musical gift—i... ...with quick curiosity for a repetition of the stroke. It came of course 14 Sir Dominick Ferrand immediately, and then the young man, who had at the sa...

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Excerpt: The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott.

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...Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sir Walter Scott The T alisman by Sir Walter Scott Introduction to the T al... ...er of such invention, which is indeed one of the requisites of the art. 5 Sir Walter Scott Prince David of Scotland, who was actually in the host, an... ...e relic alluded to is still in existence, and even yet held in veneration. Sir Simon Lockhart of Lee and Gartland made a consider- able figure in the ... ...dded to his ransom.” The lady not only consented to this, but explained to Sir Simon Lockhart the mode in which the talisman was to be used, and the u... ...tic, as a febrifuge, and possessed other properties as a medical talisman. Sir Simon Lockhart, after much experience of the wonders which it wrought, ... ... as the illness in such cases frequently arises from imagination, there 7 Sir Walter Scott can be no reason for doubting that water which has been po... ...Through Goddis help and my counsail, Soon he. shall be fresh and hail.’ 9 Sir Walter Scott The sooth to say, at wordes few, Slain and sodden was the ...

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Excerpt: Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott.

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... Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sir W alter Scott Redgauntlet by Sir W alter Scott INTRODUCTION THE J ACOBI... ...discipline which they preserved, the union and unanimity which for some 5 Sir W alter Scott time animated their councils, were all in a considerable ... ...ht have been brought to an open explosion, had it not suited the policy of Sir Rob- ert Walpole rather to prevent or disable the conspirators in their... ...dministra- tion. Both points might have been gained by sparing the life 7 Sir W alter Scott of Dr. Cameron after conviction, and limiting his punish-... ...ern and indignation, saying, as he passed out, “What has your family done, sir, thus to draw down the vengeance of Heaven on every branch of it, throu... ...r is suffi- ciently obvious. It was a high sense of his own importance, 9 Sir W alter Scott and an obstinate adherence to what he had once determined... ...statesmen holding such notions, which is implied by his whole conduct. 11 Sir W alter Scott REDGAUNTLET LETTER I DARSIE LATIMER TO ALAN FAIRFORD DUMF...

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Excerpt: Waverley or ?Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott.

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...WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Waver... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Waverley or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sir Walter Scott WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT BAR... ...the morning of the battle of Preston, 1745, made their memorable attack on Sir John Cope’s army, a battery of four field-pieces was stormed and carrie... ...e the Colonel take up his commission, and granted the protection he re- 5 Sir Walter Scott quired. If was issued just in time to save the house, corn... ...h appeared too long to be so placed are given at the end of the volume. 7 Sir Walter Scott WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY ... ... purple and in pall,’ like the Lady Alice of an old ballad, nor reduced 9 Sir Walter Scott to the primitive nakedness of a modern fashionable at a ro... ...te so easy in this critical generation as it was ‘Sixty Y ears since.’ 11 Sir Walter Scott CHAPTER II WAVERLEY-HONOUR—A RETROSPECT IT IS, THEN, sixty...

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volunteers bring you 6 different recordings of The Lie by Sir Walter Raleigh.

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Excerpt: The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird?s Jock by Sir Walter Scott.

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...The T apestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The T... ...eries Publication The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...ssion, in any way. The Tapestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sir Walter Scott The T apestried Chamber and Death of the Laird’s Jock by S... ...st of my con- temporaries take their share in telling them. AUGUST 1831 4 Sir Walter Scott THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER; OR, THE LADY IN THE SACQUE. T he f... ... for the same reason I will not add to or diminish the narrative by any 5 Sir Walter Scott circumstance, whether more or less material, but simply re... ...le, and now a side glimpse at its particular towers, the former rich in 6 Sir Walter Scott all the bizarrerie of the Elizabethan school, while the si... ...of visitors. Apparently the sound of the bell had suspended the separa- 7 Sir Walter Scott tion of the company, bent on the various amusements of the... ... give way to no such luxurious provision, and I took farewell of my be- 8 Sir Walter Scott loved cask with tears in my eyes.” “Well, then, since you ...

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volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Life by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 25th, 2010.

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volunteers bring you 13 recordings of My True Love by Sir Philip Sidney. This was the weekly poetry project for May 24th, 2009.

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...volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Parody on The Golden Days of good Queen Bess by Sir John Carr. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 15th, 2009....

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...................................................................... 234 4 Sir Walter Scott A LEGEND OF MONTROSE by Sir Walter Scott, Bart. I. INTRODU... ...me was a king’s forester in the forest of Glenartney, and chanced to be 5 Sir Walter Scott employed there in search of venison about the year 1588, o... ...se, laid their hands successively on the dead man’s head, and swore, in 6 Sir Walter Scott heathenish and barbarous manner, to defend the author of t... ...rce and vindictive combination gave the author’s late and lamented friend, Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart., subject for a spirited poem, entitled “Clan-A... ...o one can be more gratified than I that the report, however I have been 7 Sir Walter Scott induced to credit and give it currency, is a false one, an... ...tinguished on the Continent by their bravery; but in adopting the trade 8 Sir Walter Scott of mercenary soldiers, they necessarily injured their nati... ... the worthy Scots Regiment, called MacKeye’s Regiment, levied in August 9 Sir Walter Scott 1626, by Sir Donald MacKeye Lord Rees Colonel, for his Maj...

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...r Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sir Walter Scott Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott INTRODUCTION A certain degr... ...house, who then lived in the aforesaid manor-house; and also prescribes to Sir Richard Varney (a prompter to this design), at his coming hither, that ... ...d; meaning to have added something of their own for her comfort, as the 5 Sir Walter Scott doctor upon just cause and consideration did suspect, seei... ... would not long escape their violence, which afterwards happened thus. For Sir Richard Varney abovesaid (the chief projector in this design), who, by ... ...rder, was privately made away in the prison by the Earl’s appointment; and Sir Richard V arney the other, dying about the same time in London, cried m... ...ch the Earl himself condemned as not done advisedly), which her father, or Sir John Robertsett (as I suppose), hearing of, came with all speed hither,... ...nd so he died.”—Ben Jonson ’s Information to Drummond of Hawthornden, Ms., Sir Robert Sibbald’s copy.] The same accusation has been adopted and circul...