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But they had taken the pre- caution of having every member of the family properly recognized as employees of William ( ' During the whole of the time we lived in the farm of Lochlea ' , wrote Gilbert , ' he [ William Burnes ] allowed my ...
But they had taken the pre- caution of having every member of the family properly recognized as employees of William ( ' During the whole of the time we lived in the farm of Lochlea ' , wrote Gilbert , ' he [ William Burnes ] allowed my ...
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He wrote no such poem for Mary . He asked her in fairly conventional poetic language if she would go to the Indies with him : Will ye go to the Indies , my Mary , And leave auld Scotia's shore ? Will ye go to the Indies , my Mary Across ...
He wrote no such poem for Mary . He asked her in fairly conventional poetic language if she would go to the Indies with him : Will ye go to the Indies , my Mary , And leave auld Scotia's shore ? Will ye go to the Indies , my Mary Across ...
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I am nearly agreed with Creech to print my book ' , he wrote to Ballantine on December 13 , and a month later he wrote to the same correspondent that ' I have this day corrected my 152d page ' . In coming to an arrangement with Creech ...
I am nearly agreed with Creech to print my book ' , he wrote to Ballantine on December 13 , and a month later he wrote to the same correspondent that ' I have this day corrected my 152d page ' . In coming to an arrangement with Creech ...
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