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... lived only one day ; Charlotte Sophia , who married John Gibson Lockhart , Scott's ultimate biographer ; Walter ; Anne ; and Charles . Almost every year after his marriage , Scott lived five months in Edinburgh , at 39 Castle Street ...
... lived only one day ; Charlotte Sophia , who married John Gibson Lockhart , Scott's ultimate biographer ; Walter ; Anne ; and Charles . Almost every year after his marriage , Scott lived five months in Edinburgh , at 39 Castle Street ...
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... lived in a region of southeastern Europe in ancient times . Herodotus , in the 5th century B. C. , wrote that they lived in the south Russian steppe between the Carpa- thians and the Don River . To some other Greeks , Scythia was a much ...
... lived in a region of southeastern Europe in ancient times . Herodotus , in the 5th century B. C. , wrote that they lived in the south Russian steppe between the Carpa- thians and the Don River . To some other Greeks , Scythia was a much ...
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... lived in the 3d millennium B. C. In any event , silk culture flourished by the time of the Shang dynasty ( c.1523-1027 B. C. ) . Aristotle and Pliny described the silkworm , but for centuries after silk fabrics were known in the West ...
... lived in the 3d millennium B. C. In any event , silk culture flourished by the time of the Shang dynasty ( c.1523-1027 B. C. ) . Aristotle and Pliny described the silkworm , but for centuries after silk fabrics were known in the West ...
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