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Excerpt from The Influence of "Gothic" Literature on Sir Walter Scott: Inaugural-Dissertation Der Hohen Philosophischen Fakultat Der Universitat Rostock Zur Erlangung Der Doktorwurde
As to versification Scott himself has noticed his obligation to Coleridge in the introduction: the sin gularly irregular structure of the stanzas', and the liberty which it allowed the author to adapt the sound to the sense, seemed to be exactly suited to such an extravaganza as l meditated on the subject of Gilpin Horner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
