The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 pages |
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... delight had been to embellish his grounds , to extend his plantations , and to improve the dwellings of his cottagers , " an occupation in which he found himself every day rewarded by seeing the face of nature and of man brightening ...
... delight had been to embellish his grounds , to extend his plantations , and to improve the dwellings of his cottagers , " an occupation in which he found himself every day rewarded by seeing the face of nature and of man brightening ...
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... delightful stories , generally the pro- ductions of his fertile brain at the moment , and continued for more than one day at a time . Sometimes they were legends of the old Covenanters ; for at no great distance from where we were ...
... delightful stories , generally the pro- ductions of his fertile brain at the moment , and continued for more than one day at a time . Sometimes they were legends of the old Covenanters ; for at no great distance from where we were ...
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... delight to train his creepers in the most tasteful , elegant manner ; all around had the appearance of taste and culti- like best of all , refreshes our memory with the fairy tales of our infant days . The other night we made her tell ...
... delight to train his creepers in the most tasteful , elegant manner ; all around had the appearance of taste and culti- like best of all , refreshes our memory with the fairy tales of our infant days . The other night we made her tell ...
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... delightful stories , and resigning when Mackintosh seemed eager to be heard . Lord Jeffery flashed in with something brilliant , but was in turn outshone by some more fortunate talker . So much impatience was felt to lead the ...
... delightful stories , and resigning when Mackintosh seemed eager to be heard . Lord Jeffery flashed in with something brilliant , but was in turn outshone by some more fortunate talker . So much impatience was felt to lead the ...
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... delight- ful period is afforded by his subsequent correspondence , which shall not be anticipated . Certainly , if ever a father was idolized by a band of amiable and intelligent children , that man was Lord Woodhouselee . He was the ...
... delight- ful period is afforded by his subsequent correspondence , which shall not be anticipated . Certainly , if ever a father was idolized by a band of amiable and intelligent children , that man was Lord Woodhouselee . He was the ...
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