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Page 58
... given up going to Church . He had the excuse of weakening health , though he appears to have been able to attend to his professional work for several sub- sequent years . But the time came when Sir John and his family went back to ...
... given up going to Church . He had the excuse of weakening health , though he appears to have been able to attend to his professional work for several sub- sequent years . But the time came when Sir John and his family went back to ...
Page 110
... given to the sendentary life he lived in contrast to that of his Border ancestors , gives some support to the abstemious reputation that he enjoyed . His widow , as is common in the family records of this period , sur- vived him for ...
... given to the sendentary life he lived in contrast to that of his Border ancestors , gives some support to the abstemious reputation that he enjoyed . His widow , as is common in the family records of this period , sur- vived him for ...
Page 516
... given upon a separate guarantee , was considered good for a substantial credit in banking circles , and that not merely in the routine support of his own business or commitments , but for a separate responsibility which might have been ...
... given upon a separate guarantee , was considered good for a substantial credit in banking circles , and that not merely in the routine support of his own business or commitments , but for a separate responsibility which might have been ...
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