The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 pages |
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... ( 1838-1839 . ) - Personal recollections - England under Edward VI . and Queen Mary'- Death of Dr. Alison - Tour with Tytler in the Highlands - His keen- ness as a sportsman - Auchlunkart - Tomintoul - A CONTENTS . ix.
... ( 1838-1839 . ) - Personal recollections - England under Edward VI . and Queen Mary'- Death of Dr. Alison - Tour with Tytler in the Highlands - His keen- ness as a sportsman - Auchlunkart - Tomintoul - A CONTENTS . ix.
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... Impressions of society - His literary plans - His second marriage - His long illness abroad - The cold - water system - Return to England - His death - POSTSCRIPT 324 INTRODUCTORY . It shall be my endeavour in the ensuing X CONTENTS .
... Impressions of society - His literary plans - His second marriage - His long illness abroad - The cold - water system - Return to England - His death - POSTSCRIPT 324 INTRODUCTORY . It shall be my endeavour in the ensuing X CONTENTS .
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... England ; maturing thus early that taste and judg ment of which he afterwards gave the world so many valuable specimens . He became an excellent draughtsman and musician , learned thoroughly to appreciate whatever is most beautiful in ...
... England ; maturing thus early that taste and judg ment of which he afterwards gave the world so many valuable specimens . He became an excellent draughtsman and musician , learned thoroughly to appreciate whatever is most beautiful in ...
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... England , and Bacon's Essays , —both of which I shall finish in a few days ; so you see , my dearest Father , that even here I have time for those pursuits in which I should probably have been engaged had I remained at Edinburgh . " " I ...
... England , and Bacon's Essays , —both of which I shall finish in a few days ; so you see , my dearest Father , that even here I have time for those pursuits in which I should probably have been engaged had I remained at Edinburgh . " " I ...
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... England , joined to my studies , rendered me happy and content . But O Sandie , during the first months of my residence there , in spite of all my reasoning and philosophy , I was frequently very sad and melancholy . — I'm going to tell ...
... England , joined to my studies , rendered me happy and content . But O Sandie , during the first months of my residence there , in spite of all my reasoning and philosophy , I was frequently very sad and melancholy . — I'm going to tell ...
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