“Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be ay sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.”

The Heart of Midlothian (1818), Ch. 8.

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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