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Page 53
... record this astonishment , and the evidences on which re felt that Scott might be excused for such an association . But we must not tip the scale to the other side . Scott's friendship with William Clerk was a close one , which endured ...
... record this astonishment , and the evidences on which re felt that Scott might be excused for such an association . But we must not tip the scale to the other side . Scott's friendship with William Clerk was a close one , which endured ...
Page 344
... record of six weeks which had passed without a word of discord . " Each , " Scott made record , seemed anxious to submit his own wishes to those of his friends . The consequence was that , by judicious arrange- ment , all were gratified ...
... record of six weeks which had passed without a word of discord . " Each , " Scott made record , seemed anxious to submit his own wishes to those of his friends . The consequence was that , by judicious arrange- ment , all were gratified ...
Page 638
... record of this closing period of his life is one of a stubborn continual effort , which met with undespairing courage the implacable verdict of the years . Brain and body failed beneath the efforts by which the fund in Gibson's hands ...
... record of this closing period of his life is one of a stubborn continual effort , which met with undespairing courage the implacable verdict of the years . Brain and body failed beneath the efforts by which the fund in Gibson's hands ...
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