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... colleges for the winter . It is true there are religious sects , but these exist chiefly for the sake of friendly discussion ... College Chapel is of a simple beauty and perfect proportion unsurpassed - and not often equalled ST ANDREWS . 5.
... colleges for the winter . It is true there are religious sects , but these exist chiefly for the sake of friendly discussion ... College Chapel is of a simple beauty and perfect proportion unsurpassed - and not often equalled ST ANDREWS . 5.
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... College of St Salvator and St Leonard's . Though the youngest pupil in the mathematical class , he rose to be the head of it ; and he also distinguished himself in several other classes in his college . He eked out the bursary he held ...
... College of St Salvator and St Leonard's . Though the youngest pupil in the mathematical class , he rose to be the head of it ; and he also distinguished himself in several other classes in his college . He eked out the bursary he held ...
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John Miller Dow Meiklejohn. meeting in Washington the head of a famous American college for ladies , who assured me she " could teach anything , if she had the books . " Of all his studies , mathematics and natural phil- osophy were his ...
John Miller Dow Meiklejohn. meeting in Washington the head of a famous American college for ladies , who assured me she " could teach anything , if she had the books . " Of all his studies , mathematics and natural phil- osophy were his ...
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... college with considerable success ; and , seeing no prospect of remunerative labour in his native city , he began to cast his eyes over the world . The colonies attracted him most , and by accident an offer came to him from Virginia ...
... college with considerable success ; and , seeing no prospect of remunerative labour in his native city , he began to cast his eyes over the world . The colonies attracted him most , and by accident an offer came to him from Virginia ...
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... College , made them rise at five , and forced them to work hard at languages and sciences . He himself rose at four . In July 1783 , the tutor and his pupils were attacked with an endemic sore throat , which had been travelling all over ...
... College , made them rise at five , and forced them to work hard at languages and sciences . He himself rose at four . In July 1783 , the tutor and his pupils were attacked with an endemic sore throat , which had been travelling all over ...
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