Tales Of A Grandfather Quotes

“The sights and sentiments that attend civil conflict, are of a kind to reconcile the human heart, however generous and humane by nature, to severe language and cruel actions.”
― Walter Scott, Tales Of A Grandfather: Being Stories Taken From Scottish History, Volume 1

“But if I accept these conditions," said Fosti, "what shall be the compensation of the king of Norway, my ally 'i" " Seven feet of English land," answered the envoy; "or, as Hardrada is a giant, perhaps a little more.”
― Walter Scott, Tales of a Grandfather Volume 1