James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... soon began to climb , as such men do . The landlord of the district appointed him his Baron Bailie , an office which then had important judicial functions . He rose to high position in the town , being Bailie and Elder , and was highly ...
... soon began to climb , as such men do . The landlord of the district appointed him his Baron Bailie , an office which then had important judicial functions . He rose to high position in the town , being Bailie and Elder , and was highly ...
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... soon revealed such wonderful manual dexterity , and could do such astonishing things , that the verdict of one of the workmen , " Jamie has a " fortune at his finger - ends , " became a common saying among them . The most complicated ...
... soon revealed such wonderful manual dexterity , and could do such astonishing things , that the verdict of one of the workmen , " Jamie has a " fortune at his finger - ends , " became a common saying among them . The most complicated ...
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... soon after she who had been to him the light and leading of his life had passed out of it . Watt now reached his reached his seventeenth year . His father's affairs were greatly embarrassed . It was clearly seen that the two brothers ...
... soon after she who had been to him the light and leading of his life had passed out of it . Watt now reached his reached his seventeenth year . His father's affairs were greatly embarrassed . It was clearly seen that the two brothers ...
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... soon to be much quickened . Those sanguine prophets who predict the reunion of our race on both sides of the Atlantic can at least aver that in view of the union of Scotland and England , the element of time required to traverse ...
... soon to be much quickened . Those sanguine prophets who predict the reunion of our race on both sides of the Atlantic can at least aver that in view of the union of Scotland and England , the element of time required to traverse ...
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... soon proved that , Cæsar - like , he could " stem the waves with heart " of controversy . " Thus the rude school of experience calls forth and strengthens the latent qualities of youth , implants others , and forms the indomitable man ...
... soon proved that , Cæsar - like , he could " stem the waves with heart " of controversy . " Thus the rude school of experience calls forth and strengthens the latent qualities of youth , implants others , and forms the indomitable man ...
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