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... John Murdoch ; " for I myself have always considered William Burnes as by far the best of the * The youngest was Isabella , afterwards Mrs. Begg , who was born in 1771. She survived till 1858 , and was able to give much information ...
... John Murdoch ; " for I myself have always considered William Burnes as by far the best of the * The youngest was Isabella , afterwards Mrs. Begg , who was born in 1771. She survived till 1858 , and was able to give much information ...
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... John Murdoch quoted above , who has given a full account of the transaction . As he boarded with his employers in turn , his descrip- tion of life in the " argillaceous fabric , " alias " clay- biggin , " is full of interest . This was ...
... John Murdoch quoted above , who has given a full account of the transaction . As he boarded with his employers in turn , his descrip- tion of life in the " argillaceous fabric , " alias " clay- biggin , " is full of interest . This was ...
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... incident which may , as much as anything , have given the first incentive to those fierce attacks on orthodoxy that were soon to make him famous . He had already classed himself and John Rankine as " un- 14 A PRIMER OF BURNS .
... incident which may , as much as anything , have given the first incentive to those fierce attacks on orthodoxy that were soon to make him famous . He had already classed himself and John Rankine as " un- 14 A PRIMER OF BURNS .
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Sir William Alexander Craigie. had already classed himself and John Rankine as " un- regenerate heathen , " contrasted with those godly folks who wrapped themselves in the holy robe of Hypocrisy . Even in his earlier days he had assailed ...
Sir William Alexander Craigie. had already classed himself and John Rankine as " un- regenerate heathen , " contrasted with those godly folks who wrapped themselves in the holy robe of Hypocrisy . Even in his earlier days he had assailed ...
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... when * To Mr. John Arnot of Dalquhatswood , who was not even an acquaintance of his . + Except in writing to his Montrose relative , who used that form of the name . C he told me the names were cut out of the AYRSHIRE . 17.
... when * To Mr. John Arnot of Dalquhatswood , who was not even an acquaintance of his . + Except in writing to his Montrose relative , who used that form of the name . C he told me the names were cut out of the AYRSHIRE . 17.
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