The greatest novelist of the 19th Century, Sir Walter Scott, was given the title of "king of blockheads" and was made to wear a dunce cap for a whole month.

19世纪最伟大的小说家之一，沃尔特·斯科特先生，曾被人称为“傻子之王”，并被戴上了象征劣等生的帽子，整整戴了一个月。

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At the beginning of the 19th century, which you might call the prelude to the Victorian era, Walter Scott had demonstrated that you could be a gentleman and write fiction.

19世纪初，可称为维多利亚时代的序幕，沃尔特·斯哥特的例子说明绅士也可以写小说。

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Sir Walter Scott began using the word in the 1822 in his book the Pirate, more than one thousand years after the Viking invasions.

1822年，在维京人入侵1000年后，Walter Scott爵士第一次在他的著作《海盗》使用该词。

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Scott Walter, master of the Scottish Assay Office, owned by the Incorporation of Goldsmiths, said the 28in high and 18in wide sculpture would be placed opposite the entrance of the public lobby in the new parliament building.

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It was as if Sir Walter Scott had hurled a thunderbolt at him straight from heaven.

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