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The chief Literary Lights which modern Scotland claims to light up the scene of her night are in reality no more than the commendable writers of the interesting English county of Scotshire.
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― Scottish Scene: or, The Intelligent Man's Guide to Albyn
― Scottish Scene: or, The Intelligent Man's Guide to Albyn
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We may even conclude it to be an evidence of strength, rather than of weakness, that the Scots language and the Scottish literature did not maintain a separate existence. Scottish, throwing in its luck with English, has not only much greater chance of survival, but contributes important elements of strength to complete the English...
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