The cabinet of portraits, with biographical sketches, by Robert Scott1823 |
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... house which was built by his father's own hands a short time before his marriage with Agnes Brown , in De- cember , 1757 , the first offspring of which was Robert , the subject of this sketch . In his sixth year Robert was sent to ...
... house which was built by his father's own hands a short time before his marriage with Agnes Brown , in De- cember , 1757 , the first offspring of which was Robert , the subject of this sketch . In his sixth year Robert was sent to ...
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... house at Dumfries . In 1792 he engaged to give his aid to a work entitled A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs , in which the chief of his songs appeared , and for which , from motives understood only to himself , he refused ...
... house at Dumfries . In 1792 he engaged to give his aid to a work entitled A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs , in which the chief of his songs appeared , and for which , from motives understood only to himself , he refused ...
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... House of Lords , and always supported the interests of the state and the church . In Parliament he was considered as a great authority in ecclesiastical law , and often led the judgment of the House ; and such at length was the ...
... House of Lords , and always supported the interests of the state and the church . In Parliament he was considered as a great authority in ecclesiastical law , and often led the judgment of the House ; and such at length was the ...
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... House of Lords , and always supported the interests of the state and the church . In Parliament he was considered as a great authority in ecclesiastical law , and often led the judgment of the House ; and such at length was the ...
... House of Lords , and always supported the interests of the state and the church . In Parliament he was considered as a great authority in ecclesiastical law , and often led the judgment of the House ; and such at length was the ...
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... house , and furnished him with the means of continuing his classical studies . The Duchess of Bedford , his uncle being then steward to that noble family , made him an offer of patronage , on condition of his being brought up to the ...
... house , and furnished him with the means of continuing his classical studies . The Duchess of Bedford , his uncle being then steward to that noble family , made him an offer of patronage , on condition of his being brought up to the ...
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