Memoirs of the life and writings of ... Henry Home of Kames [by A.F. Tytler]. |
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... topics of political economy which occasionally employed the attention of both . My printer " ( says the Dean ) " has given me to understand that your 66 66 Lordship 66 Lordship would not be displeased with an overture of 4 MEMOIRS OF THE ...
... topics of political economy which occasionally employed the attention of both . My printer " ( says the Dean ) " has given me to understand that your 66 66 Lordship 66 Lordship would not be displeased with an overture of 4 MEMOIRS OF THE ...
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Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) 66 Lordship would not be displeased with an overture of this " sort ; and such is the celebrity of your character , even in " this distant part of the kingdom , that I cannot but wish . " to ...
Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) 66 Lordship would not be displeased with an overture of this " sort ; and such is the celebrity of your character , even in " this distant part of the kingdom , that I cannot but wish . " to ...
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... Lordship's Tract on Neces- sity I was particularly struck with . Though I unwillingly and with reluctance assent to that doctrine , ( perhaps owing to that delusive feeling , which you suppose planted within us ) , yet I should not wish ...
... Lordship's Tract on Neces- sity I was particularly struck with . Though I unwillingly and with reluctance assent to that doctrine , ( perhaps owing to that delusive feeling , which you suppose planted within us ) , yet I should not wish ...
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... 1764 . " I received yesterday the favour of your Lordship's let- ter , and have taken this first opportunity , since my last , to acquaint you with my progress . " After " After leaving Isla , I proceeded to Jura , 12 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE.
... 1764 . " I received yesterday the favour of your Lordship's let- ter , and have taken this first opportunity , since my last , to acquaint you with my progress . " After " After leaving Isla , I proceeded to Jura , 12 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE.
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... Lordship in great plenty in Duddingston Loch . But the franking act obliges me to stop . I ever am your Lordship's devoted servant , JOHN WALKER . " The fruit of this journey , ( which lasted seven months , and in which , by Dr Walker's ...
... Lordship in great plenty in Duddingston Loch . But the franking act obliges me to stop . I ever am your Lordship's devoted servant , JOHN WALKER . " The fruit of this journey , ( which lasted seven months , and in which , by Dr Walker's ...
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