A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, Količina 1;Količina 2671875 |
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... party , but he is eminently industrious , and his narrative is written in an enter- taining style . The work shows a wide range of authorities , and is liberally interspersed with contro- versial discussions of the points most contested ...
... party , but he is eminently industrious , and his narrative is written in an enter- taining style . The work shows a wide range of authorities , and is liberally interspersed with contro- versial discussions of the points most contested ...
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... party , became general along the whole line , from Lemmen to the sea , and was contested on both sides with the most determined obstinacy . About two o'clock in the afternoon , the right and centre of the Anglo - Russian army began to ...
... party , became general along the whole line , from Lemmen to the sea , and was contested on both sides with the most determined obstinacy . About two o'clock in the afternoon , the right and centre of the Anglo - Russian army began to ...
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... parties sent into the country for that purpose ; but the sailing of the expedition was in consequence delayed till the end of February , instead of the first of January , as had been originally intended ; and from the state of the ...
... parties sent into the country for that purpose ; but the sailing of the expedition was in consequence delayed till the end of February , instead of the first of January , as had been originally intended ; and from the state of the ...
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... party , his voice was seldom heard in the arena of dis- cussion and debate . It was not indeed as a political orator ... parties ; afterwards , to perform the part of mediator with effect , she found it necessary to suspend the alliance ...
... party , his voice was seldom heard in the arena of dis- cussion and debate . It was not indeed as a political orator ... parties ; afterwards , to perform the part of mediator with effect , she found it necessary to suspend the alliance ...
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... parties into which the Church of Scotland had been long divided , had at length come to hostile issue ; and a conflict was inevitable , in which one or the other party must go to the wall . His en- deavours to reconcile them , and ...
... parties into which the Church of Scotland had been long divided , had at length come to hostile issue ; and a conflict was inevitable , in which one or the other party must go to the wall . His en- deavours to reconcile them , and ...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: With a Supplemental Volume ... Robert Chambers,Thomas Thomson Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Količina 1 Robert Chambers Predogled ni na voljo - 1870 |
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Aberdeen admiration afterwards Alexander Andrews appeared appointed Argyle army Assembly Baillie Balfour Baliol Barclay became Bishop Boswell British brother Bruce Buchanan Burns Campbell Carstairs castle Chalmers character Christian church Church of Scotland command commenced court daughter death died distinguished divinity Duke duties Earl Edinburgh Edward eminent enemy England English father favour Ferrol firlot France French friends George Bannatyne Glasgow Highland honour James Joanna Baillie John John Baliol king King of Scotland labours learned lectures letter literary lived Lochiel London Lord manner Marischal College ment mind minister native never occasion parish parliament party period person Perth poems poet possessed preached presbytery principal profession published received returned Robert Calder royal Scotland Scots Scottish sent society soon success talents tion took university of Edinburgh university of Glasgow volume whole writing
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Stran 172 - They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Stran 256 - To leave the bonnie banks of Ayr. Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, Her heathy moors and winding vales ; The scenes where wretched fancy roves, Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! Farewell, my friends ! Farewell, my foes ! My peace with these, my love with those — The bursting tears my heart declare ; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr 1 THE FAREWELL.
Stran 254 - I looked and fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly; and it was her favourite reel to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Stran 267 - Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home, and learn from the newspapers the fate of his prince.'— ' No,' said Lochiel, 'I'll share the fate of my prince; and so shall every man over whom nature or fortune hath given me any power.
Stran 257 - Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's called by the unpromising title of 'The Justice of the Peace'.
Stran 257 - His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic, not clownish ; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents. His features are represented in Mr. Nasmyth's picture, but to me it conveys the idea, that they are diminished as if seen in perspective. I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. I...
Stran 257 - Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew ; The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptized in tears.
Stran 254 - In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below...
Stran 255 - The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave.
Stran 260 - As to any remuneration, you may think my songs either above or below price ; for they shall absolutely be the one or the other. In the honest enthusiasm with which I embark in your undertaking, to talk of money, wages, fee, hire, etc. would be downright prostitution of soul ! A proof of each of the songs that I compose or amend I shall receive as a favour.