By his father he was descended from the Robertsons of Gladney in the county of Fife ; a branch of the respectable family of the same name, which has, for many generations, possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Borthwick... Annual Register of World Events - Page 7101803Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...whioh has, for many generations, possessed the estate of Slruan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Borthwick (in the county of Mid Lothian), where...Leslie as a teacher, was at that time resorted to from alLparts of Scotland. In 1733, he again joined his father's family on their removal to Edinburgh ;... | |
| History - 1803 - 892 pages
...the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Eorthwick (in therounty of MidLflthinn), •where his father was then minister ; and received...that time resorted to from all parts of Scotland. In 1733, he again joined his father's family on their removal to Edinburgh ; and, towards the end of the... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...hich has, for many generations, possessed the estate of $irnan in Perthshire. H« was born in 1721, at Borthwick (in the county of Mid Lothian), where his father was tlien minister; ami received the first rudimtnts of his education at the school of Dalkeith, which,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...no influence upon Parnell ; he was a poet by inclination. He was born in Dublin, in the year l679i and received the first rudiments of his education at the school of Dr. Jones, in that city. Surprising things are told of the greatness of his memory at that early period,... | |
| John Stark - Biography - 1805 - 488 pages
...which lias, lor many generations, possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Borthwick, in the county of Mid Lothian, where...that time resorted to from all parts of Scotland. In 1733, he again joined his father's family en their removal to Edinburgh ; and, towards the end of the... | |
| John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...which has, for many generations, possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1 721, at Borthwick, in the county of Mid- Lothian, where his father was then mini* ster ; and received the first rudiments of his education at the school of Dalkcith, which, from... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...no influence upon Parnell ; he was a poet by inclination. He was born in Dublin, in the year 1679, and received the first rudiments of his education at the school of Doctor Jones in that city. Surprising things are told us of the greatness of his memory at that early... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...had no influence up0u Parnell ; he was a poet by inclination. He was bom in Dublin, in the year 1679, and received the first rudiments of his education at the school of Doctor Jones, in that city. Surprising things are told us of the greatness of his memory at that early... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 620 pages
...family of the same name, which has, for many generations, possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. Lothian), where his father was then Minister ; and...that time resorted to from all parts of Scotland. In 1733, he again joined his father's family on their removal to Edinburgh ; and, towards the end of the... | |
| William Robertson - Scotland - 1811 - 468 pages
...the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Borthwick (in the county of Mid-Lothian) where his father was then minister; and received the...that time resorted to from all parts of Scotland. In 1733, he again joined his father's family on their removal to Edinburgh ; and, towards the end of the... | |
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