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The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES TO CANTO FIRST. Note I. The heights of Uam-var, And round that cavern where 'tis told A giant made his den of old.'St. I. p. 6. Ua-var, as the name is pronounced, or more properly Uaigh- mor, is a mountain to the north-east of the village of Callender in Menteith, deriving its name, which signifies the great den, -or cavern, from a sort of retreat among the rocks on the south side, said, by tradition, to have been the abode of a giant. In latter times, it was the refuge of robbers and banditti, who have been only extirpated within these forty or fifty years. Strictly speaking, this strong hold is not a cave, as the name would imply, but a sort of small inclosure, or recess, surrounded with large rocks, and open above head. It may have been originally designed as a toil for deer, who might get in from the outside, but would find it difficult to return: This opinion prevails among the old sportsmen and deer-stalkers in the neighbourhood. Note II. Two dogs of black St Hubert's breed, Unmatched for courage, ttrength, and speed.'St. VII. p. 10. The hounds which we call Saint Hubert's hounds, are commonly all blacke, yet neuertheless, their race is so mingled at these days, that we find them of all colours. These are the hounds which the abbots of St Hubert haue always kept gome of their race or kind, in honour or remembrance of the saint, which was a hunter with S. Eustace. Whereupon we may conceaue that (by the grace of God) all good huntsmen shall follow them into paradise. To returne vnto my former purpose, this kind of dogges hath beene dispersed thorough the countries of Henault, Lorayne, Flaunders, and Burgoyne. They are mighty of body, neuerthelesse their legges are low and short, likewise they are not swift, although they be very good of sent, hunting cha...

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General Books LLC
ISBN-10
0217391486
ISBN-13
9780217391481
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122738403

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Book Title
Lady of the Lake
Author
Sir Walter Scott
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Poetry
Number of Pages
66 Pages

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9in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
4 Oz

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823/.7
Dewey Edition
22

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