The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 pages |
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... Library at Dumblane - Tytler and his sisters finally establish themselves in London - Sydney Smith- Miss Tytler's MS . continued - Anecdotes of domestic life - Tytler in his family , and among his friends . 248 CHAPTER XII . ( 1838-1839 ...
... Library at Dumblane - Tytler and his sisters finally establish themselves in London - Sydney Smith- Miss Tytler's MS . continued - Anecdotes of domestic life - Tytler in his family , and among his friends . 248 CHAPTER XII . ( 1838-1839 ...
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... Library , 1834 , ) but with their general scope all are familiar from the little work which their author put forth for the assistance of his pupils , under the title of ' Elements of General History , ' * - a work which has since found ...
... Library , 1834 , ) but with their general scope all are familiar from the little work which their author put forth for the assistance of his pupils , under the title of ' Elements of General History , ' * - a work which has since found ...
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... library this evening , at 7 o'clock precisely . " Library , Woodhouselee , Saturday , 10th Sept. , 1808. " Among the papers which have come into my hands , I find an interesting letter from this accomplished gentleman to his friend and ...
... library this evening , at 7 o'clock precisely . " Library , Woodhouselee , Saturday , 10th Sept. , 1808. " Among the papers which have come into my hands , I find an interesting letter from this accomplished gentleman to his friend and ...
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... library in the tower at the top of the house . * The back window looked upon a little dell , through which ran the rippling burn , which Leyden , whilst on a visit to Wood- houselee , has addressed in a beautiful sonnet , written with a ...
... library in the tower at the top of the house . * The back window looked upon a little dell , through which ran the rippling burn , which Leyden , whilst on a visit to Wood- houselee , has addressed in a beautiful sonnet , written with a ...
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... library , while my father was absent in the morn- ings , Mr. Black ( as I mentioned before ) used to assemble us : for there stood the large celestial and terrestrial globes ; and every day we had a lecture in geography , astronomy ...
... library , while my father was absent in the morn- ings , Mr. Black ( as I mentioned before ) used to assemble us : for there stood the large celestial and terrestrial globes ; and every day we had a lecture in geography , astronomy ...
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