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Page 33
... Auchinleck . " To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " DEAR SIR , -I am now returned from the annual ramble into the middle counties . Having seen nothing that I had not seen before , I have nothing to relate . Time has left that part of the island ...
... Auchinleck . " To JAMES BOSWELL , Esq . " DEAR SIR , -I am now returned from the annual ramble into the middle counties . Having seen nothing that I had not seen before , I have nothing to relate . Time has left that part of the island ...
Page 54
... Auchinleck ? I suppose Miss Veronica is grown a reader and discourser . 66 I have just now got a cough , but it has never yet hindered me from sleeping : I have had quieter nights than are common with me . " I cannot but rejoice that ...
... Auchinleck ? I suppose Miss Veronica is grown a reader and discourser . 66 I have just now got a cough , but it has never yet hindered me from sleeping : I have had quieter nights than are common with me . " I cannot but rejoice that ...
Page 56
... Auchinleck , ( pro- nounced Affleck , ) in Ayrshire , which belonged to a family of the same name with the lands , having fallen to the Crown by for- feiture , James the Fourth , King of Scotland , granted it to Thomas Boswell , a ...
... Auchinleck , ( pro- nounced Affleck , ) in Ayrshire , which belonged to a family of the same name with the lands , having fallen to the Crown by for- feiture , James the Fourth , King of Scotland , granted it to Thomas Boswell , a ...
Page 156
... Auchinleck is now over ; and since young Alexander has appeared , I hope no more difficulties will arise among you ; for I sincerely wish you all happy . Do not teach the young ones to dislike me , as you dislike me yourself ; but let ...
... Auchinleck is now over ; and since young Alexander has appeared , I hope no more difficulties will arise among you ; for I sincerely wish you all happy . Do not teach the young ones to dislike me , as you dislike me yourself ; but let ...
Page 168
... Auchinleck ; for which I return you my most hearty thanks ; and after carefully reading it over again , shall deposit it in my little collection of choice books , next our worthy friend's ' Journey to Corsica . ' As there are many ...
... Auchinleck ; for which I return you my most hearty thanks ; and after carefully reading it over again , shall deposit it in my little collection of choice books , next our worthy friend's ' Journey to Corsica . ' As there are many ...
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