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- Title: Old Mortality, Volume 2.
- Author : Walter Scott
- Release Date : January 21, 1832
- Genre: Historical,Books,Romance,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 642 KB
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The origin of "Old Mortality", perhaps the best of Scott's historical romances, is well known. In a hollow of the hill, about a quarter of a mile from the field of battle, was a shepherd's hut; a miserable cottage, which, as the only enclosed spot within a moderate distance, the leaders of the presbyterian army had chosen for their council-house. Towards this spot Burley guided Morton, who was surprised, as he approached it, at the multifarious confusion of sounds which issued from its precincts.