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| | Paras. 50-73. Carlyle, Thomas. 1909-14. Sir Walter Scott. The Harvard Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | It comprised, I believe, the Duke of Yorkthe Duke of Gordon (then Marquess of Huntly)the Marquess of Hertford (then Lord Yarmouth)the Earl of Fifeand Scotts early friend, Lord Melville. |
 | | Croker, were the two most brilliant story tellers, in their several ways, that I have ever happened to meet; they were both aware of their forte, and both exerted themselves that evening with delightful effect. |
 | | All his motions spoke strength unabated; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was square-made, thin-flanked, and apparently combined in his frame muscular strength and activity; the last somewhat impaired, perhaps, by years, but the first remaining in full vigor. |
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