“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.”

—  Walter Scott , book Ivanhoe

Source: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 3.

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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