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Notwithstanding the proverbial epicurism of the English, --proverbial, that is to say, in Scotland at the period,--the English visitors made no figure whatever at the entertainment, compared with the portentous voracity of Captain Dalgetty, although that gallant soldier had already displayed much steadiness and pertinacity in his attack upon the lighter refreshment set before them at their entrance, by way of forlorn hope.
Genre: Historical Romance
Genre: Historical Romance
Used availability for Sir Walter Scott's A Legend of Montrose