The Antiquary

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The Antiquary is by Sir Walter Scott, and the contents list an introduction, an editor’s introduction and chapters under volume headings. The book discusses Gordon, who votes for Strathern, half a mile short of the Kirk of Comrie, a spot at the foot of the Montes Grampii. Monkbarns and Lovel are said to adopt almost the words of Gordon, who agrees with Stukeley in attributing Arthur’s Oon to Agricola.

A character named Dousterswivel asks his good patrons to stop speaking of the matter, while the Baronet speaks of good luck and of a larger venture. A speaker addressing Hector says that in a profession where unbounded trust is necessarily reposed, there is nothing surprising that fools should neglect it in their idleness, and tricksters abuse it in their knavery.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish poet and novelist who effectively invented the historical novel with works like Ivanhoe and Waverley. Enormously popular across Europe, he shaped how the nineteenth century imagined the past.