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 ...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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... morning of 1821 - Reflections of the author when arrived at the mile stone of half a century - Delusive Prospects - Kind Letter from Mr Wilberforce - Bring out my new edition of Tom Bragwell , CHAP . XXXI . - 1822. - Of late had many ...
... morning of 1821 - Reflections of the author when arrived at the mile stone of half a century - Delusive Prospects - Kind Letter from Mr Wilberforce - Bring out my new edition of Tom Bragwell , CHAP . XXXI . - 1822. - Of late had many ...
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... morning of the 14th of January , and was , at last , obliged to discontinue them , CHAP . XLIV . 1831 , Continued - Arrival at the period , when , but one down- sitting was necessary , to enable me to lay aside my task without ...
... morning of the 14th of January , and was , at last , obliged to discontinue them , CHAP . XLIV . 1831 , Continued - Arrival at the period , when , but one down- sitting was necessary , to enable me to lay aside my task without ...
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... morning of his days . It strik- ingly delineates the rise , progress , and final termination of juvenile delinquency ; and affords an excellent counteraction to the deleterious poison which has been extensively circulated in that ill ...
... morning of his days . It strik- ingly delineates the rise , progress , and final termination of juvenile delinquency ; and affords an excellent counteraction to the deleterious poison which has been extensively circulated in that ill ...
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... morning of the day , on which , I arrived at Dunbar ; but , as I said above , this is neither the time nor the place for going into these details , and so I must pass over them . The two words in Italics , are , of course , an ...
... morning of the day , on which , I arrived at Dunbar ; but , as I said above , this is neither the time nor the place for going into these details , and so I must pass over them . The two words in Italics , are , of course , an ...
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... MORNING ; -the second fifteen years , comprehending the days of adolescence and youthful man- hood , may be fairly ... morning of the 14th of January 1831 , the morning of that , to him , eventful day , which ushered in the sixty - first ...
... MORNING ; -the second fifteen years , comprehending the days of adolescence and youthful man- hood , may be fairly ... morning of the 14th of January 1831 , the morning of that , to him , eventful day , which ushered in the sixty - first ...
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