John Stuart Blackie: A Biography, Volumen1W. Blackwood, 1895 |
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... Gilston , and then residing at Bonnington Bank , near Edinburgh . In 1819 , John , just ten years old , was invited to spend the August holidays with his cousin Robert Wyld , a year older than himself . Robert was in low spirits at the ...
... Gilston , and then residing at Bonnington Bank , near Edinburgh . In 1819 , John , just ten years old , was invited to spend the August holidays with his cousin Robert Wyld , a year older than himself . Robert was in low spirits at the ...
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... Gilston , and spent the greater part of the year within its pleasant pre- cincts . His family was large , consisting of seven sons and five daughters , of whom the three eldest , Isabella , Marion , and Eliza , had reached young ...
... Gilston , and spent the greater part of the year within its pleasant pre- cincts . His family was large , consisting of seven sons and five daughters , of whom the three eldest , Isabella , Marion , and Eliza , had reached young ...
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... Gilston which happened during his visit , and in which he could take no part , for the measured formalities of a tedious quadrille were impossible to one who could have danced with nymphs and fauns to the rhythm of the winds , but who ...
... Gilston which happened during his visit , and in which he could take no part , for the measured formalities of a tedious quadrille were impossible to one who could have danced with nymphs and fauns to the rhythm of the winds , but who ...
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... Gilston . John sent his cousin a gift of Wordsworth's Poems in six beautiful volumes . She was not to share the family removal , but had accepted an invitation to spend the month of August at Innerleithen with relatives who had both ...
... Gilston . John sent his cousin a gift of Wordsworth's Poems in six beautiful volumes . She was not to share the family removal , but had accepted an invitation to spend the month of August at Innerleithen with relatives who had both ...
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... Gilston . The gift was curtly denied , and Eliza was bidden return to her family . She found father , mother , and brothers in arms against her engagement , and all September she bore much upbraiding . But she had given her heart and ...
... Gilston . The gift was curtly denied , and Eliza was bidden return to her family . She found father , mother , and brothers in arms against her engagement , and all September she bore much upbraiding . But she had given her heart and ...
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