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... father was a barber in the city . This noble profession has dwindled much since the time when Henry VIII . presented a charter to the barber - surgeons of his day . The schism which is the fate of human things , and which , on one side ...
... father was a barber in the city . This noble profession has dwindled much since the time when Henry VIII . presented a charter to the barber - surgeons of his day . The schism which is the fate of human things , and which , on one side ...
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... father died , he had to borrow money to bury him ; and so hard , that when he asked his uncle for a loan of £ 10 for the funeral expenses , that gentleman declined . He was never able to rid himself of a perpetual feeling and gruesome ...
... father died , he had to borrow money to bury him ; and so hard , that when he asked his uncle for a loan of £ 10 for the funeral expenses , that gentleman declined . He was never able to rid himself of a perpetual feeling and gruesome ...
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... father , Bailie Bell . To make things worse , sixteen of the crew sexdecim sceleratissimi , says Bell - agree to rob and plunder the passengers , and then to desert them . At last , however , Bell and his friends get away in a boat and ...
... father , Bailie Bell . To make things worse , sixteen of the crew sexdecim sceleratissimi , says Bell - agree to rob and plunder the passengers , and then to desert them . At last , however , Bell and his friends get away in a boat and ...
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... and a pleasant dinner followed . Mr Bell thought as highly of a good dinner as Dr Johnson . He stayed during Christmas with his father's B friend , Mr Dempster of Dunnichen , and records in LONDON ST ANDREWS - AND LEITH . 17.
... and a pleasant dinner followed . Mr Bell thought as highly of a good dinner as Dr Johnson . He stayed during Christmas with his father's B friend , Mr Dempster of Dunnichen , and records in LONDON ST ANDREWS - AND LEITH . 17.
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... father . Here Mr Bell could take a firm hold of them ; and he entered them at the United 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 ...
... father . Here Mr Bell could take a firm hold of them ; and he entered them at the United 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 ...
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