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Pride and jealousy there was in his eye, for his life had been spent in asserting rights which were constantly liable to invasion; and the prompt, fiery, and resolute disposition of the man, had been kept constantly upon the alert by the circumstances of his situation.	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe
"You have power, rank, command, influence; we have wealth, the source both of our strength and weakness . . . "	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe
"What remains?" cried Ivanhoe; "Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name."	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe
"Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword."	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe
" . . . women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life."	Sir Walter Scott	Ivanhoe
And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but Death who comes at last.	Sir Walter Scott	Marmion
Heap on more wood!--the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.	Sir Walter Scott	Marmion
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!	Sir Walter Scott	Marmion
Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth.	Sir Walter Scott	Marmion
But with the morning cool repentance came.	Sir Walter Scott	Rob Roy

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