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... better way of a thoughtful deed , by repairing the roof - tree and rekindling the hearths of one of the deserted castles of Fife . To make the past live in the present , and for the use of the future , is not this the aim which , in ...
... better way of a thoughtful deed , by repairing the roof - tree and rekindling the hearths of one of the deserted castles of Fife . To make the past live in the present , and for the use of the future , is not this the aim which , in ...
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... better . He died and was buried at Culross . The Church during the time of Serf was monastic . He was a monk , not a bishop . The rule he followed was framed chiefly for hermits who passed their days in solitary cells , not in ...
... better . He died and was buried at Culross . The Church during the time of Serf was monastic . He was a monk , not a bishop . The rule he followed was framed chiefly for hermits who passed their days in solitary cells , not in ...
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... better be , must be a monk . " Times had altered since Constantine , the Celtic king , had deemed the tonsure more honourable than the crown , and become a monk at St Andrews . The little towns which girdle the shores of Fife from ...
... better be , must be a monk . " Times had altered since Constantine , the Celtic king , had deemed the tonsure more honourable than the crown , and become a monk at St Andrews . The little towns which girdle the shores of Fife from ...
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... better place than a heated theatre . Those who were tired could leave , but probably few left so rare an entertainment . Vulgar and coarse as much of it appears to us , it went straight home to the thoughts germinating in the breasts of ...
... better place than a heated theatre . Those who were tired could leave , but probably few left so rare an entertainment . Vulgar and coarse as much of it appears to us , it went straight home to the thoughts germinating in the breasts of ...
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... one who lived within sight of a time when deeds of violence , and murders by fire and sword , were not occasional but constant : - " It is better for us to admonish the negligent that NEW APPLICATION OF AN OLD TALE . 49 crimes may.
... one who lived within sight of a time when deeds of violence , and murders by fire and sword , were not occasional but constant : - " It is better for us to admonish the negligent that NEW APPLICATION OF AN OLD TALE . 49 crimes may.
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