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dry-eyed. They are the best
thing about Scott that
has been written, most of
it indeed by himself,
but your remarks
there are supremely
true and apt. Jeanie
Deans' burst of eloquence is the
finest thing in British
prose, perhaps, unless
it that is in the "ride your
way[s], Ellangowan" that
Verrall analyzed.
Yrs ever
GMT
P.S. Don't forget to act upon
your promise anent speaking to Baldwin
about our friend I.C.B., - the National Trust,
English Association and literature
in general.
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George Trevelyan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._W._Verrall
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Collected_Literary_Essays_Classical_and/BFM7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=verrall+ride+your+way&dq=verrall+ride+your+way&printsec=frontcover
The Ellangowan passage is from 'Guy Mannering'; Jeanie Deans is in 'The Heart of Midlothian'
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