The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 pages |
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... interest also ; for , besides the private details which are proper to it , and which seem to be defi- cient neither in picturesqueness nor in variety , not a few historical personages . here come before the reader , and names which the ...
... interest also ; for , besides the private details which are proper to it , and which seem to be defi- cient neither in picturesqueness nor in variety , not a few historical personages . here come before the reader , and names which the ...
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... interest . " David Hume , with all his mildness of manners for which his friends so highly extol him , in cases where his pride was wounded by attacks on his character as a writer , was immeasurably resentful , and carried his ...
... interest . " David Hume , with all his mildness of manners for which his friends so highly extol him , in cases where his pride was wounded by attacks on his character as a writer , was immeasurably resentful , and carried his ...
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... interest . After passing five years at the High School of Edinburgh , which he left with the highest honours , he was sent , full of boyish ambition , to an academy at Kensington , near London , then under the care of Mr. Elphinstone ...
... interest . After passing five years at the High School of Edinburgh , which he left with the highest honours , he was sent , full of boyish ambition , to an academy at Kensington , near London , then under the care of Mr. Elphinstone ...
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... interest , and I believe was highly thought of . " I come now to speak of Walter Scott's frequent visits , for many days at a time , to Woodhouselee . It was a beautiful feature in his character that he required no audience of the ...
... interest , and I believe was highly thought of . " I come now to speak of Walter Scott's frequent visits , for many days at a time , to Woodhouselee . It was a beautiful feature in his character that he required no audience of the ...
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... interest in the child , a lively gay little thing , and were much struck by the change in her appearance : she was pale and thin , and had at times quite a frightened look , even a silly expression . Her nursery - maid's appearance we ...
... interest in the child , a lively gay little thing , and were much struck by the change in her appearance : she was pale and thin , and had at times quite a frightened look , even a silly expression . Her nursery - maid's appearance we ...
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