Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Volume 2W. Blackwood, 1819 - Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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... any other class of their fellow - citizens , to keep alive the sorely threatened spirit of national independence in the thoughts and in the feelings of their country- men . It is scarcely to be denied , that 6 SCOTTISH BAR .
... any other class of their fellow - citizens , to keep alive the sorely threatened spirit of national independence in the thoughts and in the feelings of their country- men . It is scarcely to be denied , that 6 SCOTTISH BAR .
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... feeling may have been carried a little beyond the limit of mere propriety . It is not necessary to go back into the remote history of the Bar of Scotland , although , I believe , there is in all that history , no one period devoid of ...
... feeling may have been carried a little beyond the limit of mere propriety . It is not necessary to go back into the remote history of the Bar of Scotland , although , I believe , there is in all that history , no one period devoid of ...
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... feelings arose within him , when - beyond forests of masts , and above one dark , impenetrable , and limitless ocean of smoke , -he saw for the first time the holy dome of St Paul's , hung afar off , EDINBURGH - ST GILES's . 11.
... feelings arose within him , when - beyond forests of masts , and above one dark , impenetrable , and limitless ocean of smoke , -he saw for the first time the holy dome of St Paul's , hung afar off , EDINBURGH - ST GILES's . 11.
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... This statue has been erected entirely at the ex- pence of the gentlemen of the Scottish Bar , and it is impossible not to admire and honour the feelings , which called forth from them such a magnificent 36 STATUE OF LORD MELVILLE .
... This statue has been erected entirely at the ex- pence of the gentlemen of the Scottish Bar , and it is impossible not to admire and honour the feelings , which called forth from them such a magnificent 36 STATUE OF LORD MELVILLE .
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... feelings , arising out of these principles , to affect his behaviour in the intercourse of common life . He was always happy to drink his bottle of port with any wor- thy man of any party ; and he was always happy to oblige personally ...
... feelings , arising out of these principles , to affect his behaviour in the intercourse of common life . He was always happy to drink his bottle of port with any wor- thy man of any party ; and he was always happy to oblige personally ...
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