Latter Struggles in the Journey of Life, Or, The Afternoon of My Days: Comprehending Chiefly, the Period Between My Forty-fifth and the End of My Sixtieth Year, Being the Fourth Book of My Pilgrimage : from Retrospections of a Sexagenarian : in Wich Some of the More Recent Ups and Downs, the Joys and Sorrows, the Hopes and Disappointments of a Life Passed in Comparative Obscurity ... : the Real Life of a Country Bookseller ...J. Colston, 1833 - 408 halaman An eccentric book by an eccentric Scottish book seller which, among all the verbiage, probably does give some new insight into the 19th century Scottish book trade. |
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... Haddington , being the county town . + These specimens , in order not to run out this chapter to an undue length , must be brought in afterwards , in such a way , and at such places , as may be found suitable for them . My predecessor ...
... Haddington , being the county town . + These specimens , in order not to run out this chapter to an undue length , must be brought in afterwards , in such a way , and at such places , as may be found suitable for them . My predecessor ...
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... Haddington , was , in 1355 , so magnificent , that , " we are told by Fordun and John Major , " it was styled Lucerna Laudona , THE LAMP OF LOTHIAN , from the lamps kept constantly burning in it , which rendered it visible at a great ...
... Haddington , was , in 1355 , so magnificent , that , " we are told by Fordun and John Major , " it was styled Lucerna Laudona , THE LAMP OF LOTHIAN , from the lamps kept constantly burning in it , which rendered it visible at a great ...
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... Haddington press , in 1813 and 1814 , the prospectus for which , I see by the date of the circular now before me , ( July 27 , 1812 , ) made its appearance , just twenty years ago ; -THE MONTHLY MONI- TOR , OR PHILANTHROPIC MUSEUM ...
... Haddington press , in 1813 and 1814 , the prospectus for which , I see by the date of the circular now before me , ( July 27 , 1812 , ) made its appearance , just twenty years ago ; -THE MONTHLY MONI- TOR , OR PHILANTHROPIC MUSEUM ...
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... Haddington . * I need scarcely remind my more aged contemporaries , that my avowed motive , at the time , for bringing out that multi- tudinous host of Tracts in so cheap and humble a form , was , in order to counteract the dangerous ...
... Haddington . * I need scarcely remind my more aged contemporaries , that my avowed motive , at the time , for bringing out that multi- tudinous host of Tracts in so cheap and humble a form , was , in order to counteract the dangerous ...
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... Haddington several years ago , under the name of the Cheap Magazine , ' - a valuable repository of important information , and moral and religious instruction . In the increase and circulation of all such works , we most sincerely ...
... Haddington several years ago , under the name of the Cheap Magazine , ' - a valuable repository of important information , and moral and religious instruction . In the increase and circulation of all such works , we most sincerely ...
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