James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... Scotland , of being of good kith and kin . He had indeed come from a good nest . His great - grandfather , a stern Covenanter , was killed at Bridge of Dee , Sep- tember 12 , 1644 , in one of the battles which Graham of Claverhouse ...
... Scotland , of being of good kith and kin . He had indeed come from a good nest . His great - grandfather , a stern Covenanter , was killed at Bridge of Dee , Sep- tember 12 , 1644 , in one of the battles which Graham of Claverhouse ...
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... compulsory education for all the people , the secret of Scotland's progress . Great as was the service Knox rendered in the field ecclesiastical , probably what he did for the cause of public education excels 4 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... compulsory education for all the people , the secret of Scotland's progress . Great as was the service Knox rendered in the field ecclesiastical , probably what he did for the cause of public education excels 4 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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... Scotland and absorbs , or rather is that sufficed . When the boy absorbed by , Wallace , The Bruce , and Sir John Grahame , is fired by the story of the Martyrs , has at heart page after page of the country's ballads , and also , in ...
... Scotland and absorbs , or rather is that sufficed . When the boy absorbed by , Wallace , The Bruce , and Sir John Grahame , is fired by the story of the Martyrs , has at heart page after page of the country's ballads , and also , in ...
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... Scotland at that time . The kind Professor , diviner of latent genius , went so far as to give him a personal introduction , which proved efficient . How true it is that the worthy , aspiring youth rarely goes unrecognised or unaided ...
... Scotland at that time . The kind Professor , diviner of latent genius , went so far as to give him a personal introduction , which proved efficient . How true it is that the worthy , aspiring youth rarely goes unrecognised or unaided ...
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... Scotland would have consumed nearly twice twelve days to reach Westminster . To- day if the capital of the English - speaking race were in America , which Lord Roseberry says he is willing it should be , if thereby the union of our ...
... Scotland would have consumed nearly twice twelve days to reach Westminster . To- day if the capital of the English - speaking race were in America , which Lord Roseberry says he is willing it should be , if thereby the union of our ...
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