Memoir of John Veitch...W. Blackwood and sons, 1896 - 197 pages |
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Page 84
... imagine . " And of course the young Scotsman must needs visit the Houses of Parliament and record his impressions . These are not favour- able . " The first view of the Senate gives anything but a dignified impression , " he says ; and ...
... imagine . " And of course the young Scotsman must needs visit the Houses of Parliament and record his impressions . These are not favour- able . " The first view of the Senate gives anything but a dignified impression , " he says ; and ...
Page 89
... imagine it would have carried me to the point of submitting to the tender mercies of ... the commander of his Majesty's troops . " This little confession is in reality witness to something constitutional . For at no time in his life ...
... imagine it would have carried me to the point of submitting to the tender mercies of ... the commander of his Majesty's troops . " This little confession is in reality witness to something constitutional . For at no time in his life ...
Page 106
... imagine yourself . " In reality , the " vaunted principles " were more practised by his friend than ever by Veitch himself , who was then , at all events , too little of a man of the world to allow him- self deliberately to toss aside ...
... imagine yourself . " In reality , the " vaunted principles " were more practised by his friend than ever by Veitch himself , who was then , at all events , too little of a man of the world to allow him- self deliberately to toss aside ...
Page 138
... imagine that the influence of Shairp gave special stimulus to that study which Veitch took up afresh when he went to St Andrews . English Literature was then taught from his chair , and a more congenial addition to his subject proper ...
... imagine that the influence of Shairp gave special stimulus to that study which Veitch took up afresh when he went to St Andrews . English Literature was then taught from his chair , and a more congenial addition to his subject proper ...
Page 159
... imagine , respect- ing both their depth , fruit , and genuineness . " A subject now comes up in which Veitch took special interest — namely , the history of the old name he bore . It cannot be established that he was lineally derived ...
... imagine , respect- ing both their depth , fruit , and genuineness . " A subject now comes up in which Veitch took special interest — namely , the history of the old name he bore . It cannot be established that he was lineally derived ...
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