Towards Independence: Essays on ScotlandPolygon, 1991 - 220 páginas |
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... Edinburgh Re- view were among the most influential periodicals in the world . The Edinburgh of the time was described by John Buchan in these words : Many of the great academic figures had gone , but Dugald Stewart and John Playfair ...
... Edinburgh Re- view were among the most influential periodicals in the world . The Edinburgh of the time was described by John Buchan in these words : Many of the great academic figures had gone , but Dugald Stewart and John Playfair ...
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... Edinburgh . Under them , and James Gregory at St Andrews , the Scottish universities became the first in the world ... Edinburgh and Moderator of the General Assembly . David Hume trained in the law at Edinburgh and was for a time Keeper ...
... Edinburgh . Under them , and James Gregory at St Andrews , the Scottish universities became the first in the world ... Edinburgh and Moderator of the General Assembly . David Hume trained in the law at Edinburgh and was for a time Keeper ...
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... Edinburgh in 1771 but wrote most of it himself also wrote an account of some of the characters of Enlight- enment Edinburgh , the Literary and Characteristical Lives . In it there is a well - known report of a conversation which ...
... Edinburgh in 1771 but wrote most of it himself also wrote an account of some of the characters of Enlight- enment Edinburgh , the Literary and Characteristical Lives . In it there is a well - known report of a conversation which ...
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The Discouraged Optimists | 25 |
The Scottish Malaise | 43 |
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