A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1Robert Chambers Blackie, 1853 - Scotland |
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... whole arranged for reference in alpha- betical order . Few countries can point to an array of names equally illustrious with those which are enshrined in the annals of Scotland , and numerically so great in proportion to her total ...
... whole arranged for reference in alpha- betical order . Few countries can point to an array of names equally illustrious with those which are enshrined in the annals of Scotland , and numerically so great in proportion to her total ...
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... whole , of his friends . He must see them fall from him by degrees , while he is left alone , single and unsupported , like a leafless trunk , exposed to every storm , and shrinking from every blast . " Such was not destined to be the ...
... whole , of his friends . He must see them fall from him by degrees , while he is left alone , single and unsupported , like a leafless trunk , exposed to every storm , and shrinking from every blast . " Such was not destined to be the ...
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... whole , of his friends . He must see them fall from him by degrees , while he is left alone , single and unsupported , like a leafless trunk , exposed to every storm , and shrinking from every blast . " Such was not destined to be the ...
... whole , of his friends . He must see them fall from him by degrees , while he is left alone , single and unsupported , like a leafless trunk , exposed to every storm , and shrinking from every blast . " Such was not destined to be the ...
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... whole a very creditable work for a Scottish antiquary of that period ; the author is not superior to the credulity of his age and party , but he is eminently industrious , and his narrative is written in an entertaining style . The work ...
... whole a very creditable work for a Scottish antiquary of that period ; the author is not superior to the credulity of his age and party , but he is eminently industrious , and his narrative is written in an entertaining style . The work ...
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... whole colony fell into the hands of the British . Sir Ralph next made an attack upon Porto Rico , in which he was unsuccessful , and shortly after he returned to Britain , and was received with every mark of respect . He had , in his ...
... whole colony fell into the hands of the British . Sir Ralph next made an attack upon Porto Rico , in which he was unsuccessful , and shortly after he returned to Britain , and was received with every mark of respect . He had , in his ...
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