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... Scotland losing the basis for any distinctively Scottish political life and turning more and more towards England ; while the Highlands - remained forgotten and neglected , a prefeudal society precariously surviving on the fringe of a ...
... Scotland losing the basis for any distinctively Scottish political life and turning more and more towards England ; while the Highlands - remained forgotten and neglected , a prefeudal society precariously surviving on the fringe of a ...
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... Scotland , published in 1759 ; his other histories followed ( of Charles V , 1769 , and of America , 1777 ) . Principal of the University of Edinburgh and leader of the Moderate party in the Church of Scotland , Robertson was also ...
... Scotland , published in 1759 ; his other histories followed ( of Charles V , 1769 , and of America , 1777 ) . Principal of the University of Edinburgh and leader of the Moderate party in the Church of Scotland , Robertson was also ...
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... Scotland they knew found herself . If , therefore , we wish to see Burns in the cultural context of the Scotland of his day , we have to take all these elements into account . The total picture was , in fact , threefold . There was the ...
... Scotland they knew found herself . If , therefore , we wish to see Burns in the cultural context of the Scotland of his day , we have to take all these elements into account . The total picture was , in fact , threefold . There was the ...
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