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Page 18
... occasion to say something of the spirit of party in Scotland , and to show with what destructive violence it attacks the very essence of cordial communion among some of the less consider- able classes of society . Nay , I fear from what ...
... occasion to say something of the spirit of party in Scotland , and to show with what destructive violence it attacks the very essence of cordial communion among some of the less consider- able classes of society . Nay , I fear from what ...
Page 32
... occasion , any other than a man of great reputation and rank in literature . Had such a person been selected , and had he , as it might have happened , committed the very same faults which Mr Murray did com- mit , the impression of his ...
... occasion , any other than a man of great reputation and rank in literature . Had such a person been selected , and had he , as it might have happened , committed the very same faults which Mr Murray did com- mit , the impression of his ...
Page 180
... occasion , ready to assist him in every way with their advice and support in the conduct of the important scene over which it is his business to preside . The presence of these clergymen at the place in question , renders it necessary ...
... occasion , ready to assist him in every way with their advice and support in the conduct of the important scene over which it is his business to preside . The presence of these clergymen at the place in question , renders it necessary ...
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