A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 9. köideBlackie, 1855 |
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... commenced , a considerable number of eminent individuals have been added to the list of the illustrious dead . The names of Gordon , Ward- law , Wilson , Montgomery , Lockhart , & c . , will occur to every one as among the more ...
... commenced , a considerable number of eminent individuals have been added to the list of the illustrious dead . The names of Gordon , Ward- law , Wilson , Montgomery , Lockhart , & c . , will occur to every one as among the more ...
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... commenced anew . Upon this occasion , his first proceeding was one of such filial piety as to insure him both long life and success in whatever career he might select ; he mort- gaged his half - pay that he might assist his parents in ...
... commenced anew . Upon this occasion , his first proceeding was one of such filial piety as to insure him both long life and success in whatever career he might select ; he mort- gaged his half - pay that he might assist his parents in ...
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... commenced his labours in a new field . 66 The transition of this affectionate - hearted pastor from Stirling to Glasgow was , in the first instance at least , anything but a change to greater ease and comfort ; and at the commencement ...
... commenced his labours in a new field . 66 The transition of this affectionate - hearted pastor from Stirling to Glasgow was , in the first instance at least , anything but a change to greater ease and comfort ; and at the commencement ...
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... commenced the life of a poet in earnest . He had now read much , although very miscella- neously ; and his imprisoned ideas , after struggling for a vent , burst forth in the language of song . His first attempts were of a humble ...
... commenced the life of a poet in earnest . He had now read much , although very miscella- neously ; and his imprisoned ideas , after struggling for a vent , burst forth in the language of song . His first attempts were of a humble ...
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... commence- ment ; and like many poets after their first work appears , his lucubrations seemed in his own eyes so ... commencement , Hogg , impatient of the narrow circumstances within which he was hampered , and conscious that he was ...
... commence- ment ; and like many poets after their first work appears , his lucubrations seemed in his own eyes so ... commencement , Hogg , impatient of the narrow circumstances within which he was hampered , and conscious that he was ...
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