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...ale, As long as their neighbour's lasted. * Kale, Broth. NOTES TO CANTO II. Note I. When silver edge! the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die. — P. 44, The buttresses, ranged along the sides of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, are, according to...

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