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I had been a loving reader of Scott from my childhood, and was almost as much at home in Scotland as if I had been born in the Canongate or the Saltmarket.
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gutenberg.orgI had been a loving reader of Scott from my childhood, and was almost as much at home in Scotland as if I had been born in the Canongate or the Saltmarket.
He describes his lifelong admiration for Sir Walter Scott and his familiarity with Scotland.
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