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... Gilbert. "The two first books I ever read in private," wrote Robert in his autobiographical letter, "and which gave me more pleasure than any two books I ever read again, were, the life of Hannibal [lent to him, Gilbert tells us, by ...
... Gilbert. "The two first books I ever read in private," wrote Robert in his autobiographical letter, "and which gave me more pleasure than any two books I ever read again, were, the life of Hannibal [lent to him, Gilbert tells us, by ...
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... Gilbert, "with an avidity and industry scarcely to be equalled." William Burnes also subscribed to Thomas Stackhouse's New History of the Holy Bible, first published in London in 1737 in two folio volumes, published in a revised second ...
... Gilbert, "with an avidity and industry scarcely to be equalled." William Burnes also subscribed to Thomas Stackhouse's New History of the Holy Bible, first published in London in 1737 in two folio volumes, published in a revised second ...
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... Gilbert had a vague recollection of a book of English history that his father borrowed about this time "from Mr. Hamilton of Bourtreehill's gardener," which seems to have dealt with the reigns of the later Stuarts. This brings us to the ...
... Gilbert had a vague recollection of a book of English history that his father borrowed about this time "from Mr. Hamilton of Bourtreehill's gardener," which seems to have dealt with the reigns of the later Stuarts. This brings us to the ...
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
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