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Books mentioned in The Law and the Lady (5)
Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “He broke out with the magnificent lines in "Prometheus Unbound," in which the Earth feels the Spirit of Love, and bursts into speech.”
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault: “I am going to read--Puss in Boots, and Jack and the Bean-stalk, and anything else I can find that doesn't march with the age we live in."”
Jack and the Beanstalk: “I am going to read--Puss in Boots, and Jack and the Bean-stalk, and anything else I can find that doesn’t march with the age we live in.”
The History of England by Tobias Smollett: “I saw Voltaire in red morocco, Shakespeare in blue, Walter Scott in green, the "History of England" in brown, the "Annual Register" in yellow calf.”
Imperial Dictionary by John Ogilvie: “In plain English, I have looked into Ogilvie's 'Imperial Dictionary,' and Ogilvie tells me, 'A verdict of Not Proven only indicates that, in the opinion of the jury, there is a deficiency in the evidence to convict the prisoner.”