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... Robert's character but also into Murdoch's views concerning what was proper reading for children ( Robert , the eldest , was only nine years old at the time ) . We should like to know what was going on in the mind of grave William ...
... Robert's character but also into Murdoch's views concerning what was proper reading for children ( Robert , the eldest , was only nine years old at the time ) . We should like to know what was going on in the mind of grave William ...
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... Robert the solid understanding of biblical narrative which is evidenced so often in his letters . ' From this ' , wrote Gilbert , ' Robert collected a compe- tent knowledge of ancient history ; for no book was so voluminous as to ...
... Robert the solid understanding of biblical narrative which is evidenced so often in his letters . ' From this ' , wrote Gilbert , ' Robert collected a compe- tent knowledge of ancient history ; for no book was so voluminous as to ...
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... ROBERT ( continued ) Bute , Lord , 31 Byron , Lord , 171 Cadell and Davies , publishers , 224 Caledonian Hunt , 216 , 218 Caledonian Mercury , 215 Calvinism and secular literature , 19 ; Burns's hostility to , 73 , 75-6 , 82-3 , 114-15 ...
... ROBERT ( continued ) Bute , Lord , 31 Byron , Lord , 171 Cadell and Davies , publishers , 224 Caledonian Hunt , 216 , 218 Caledonian Mercury , 215 Calvinism and secular literature , 19 ; Burns's hostility to , 73 , 75-6 , 82-3 , 114-15 ...
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