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 ...J. Colston, 1833 - 408 Seiten 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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... coach there , if room , —and return to Dunbar in the same manner , on an evening , after the arrival of the afternoon coach , from Edinburgh , at Hadding- ton . This mode of travelling in those days , may give our moderns a better idea ...
... coach there , if room , —and return to Dunbar in the same manner , on an evening , after the arrival of the afternoon coach , from Edinburgh , at Hadding- ton . This mode of travelling in those days , may give our moderns a better idea ...
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... coach on my way to Newcastle , under the warmest sun we had experienced for the season ; in consequence of which , and the cold frosty night that succeeded , before I had ar- rived at my journey's end , or had yet passed the many tempt ...
... coach on my way to Newcastle , under the warmest sun we had experienced for the season ; in consequence of which , and the cold frosty night that succeeded , before I had ar- rived at my journey's end , or had yet passed the many tempt ...
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... coach , on the streets of that city , on that evening , for the purpose already mentioned ; previous to his proceeding on the following day , in a wareroom we had taken for a month , I think , in a most excellent situation , near the ...
... coach , on the streets of that city , on that evening , for the purpose already mentioned ; previous to his proceeding on the following day , in a wareroom we had taken for a month , I think , in a most excellent situation , near the ...
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... coach . My fellow traveller on the present occa- sion . - Arrival at Perth . - Lose sight of my companion . Find that he had walked forward , while the passengers dined . Followed by the Guard . — Over- take the pedestrian ...
... coach . My fellow traveller on the present occa- sion . - Arrival at Perth . - Lose sight of my companion . Find that he had walked forward , while the passengers dined . Followed by the Guard . — Over- take the pedestrian ...
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... coach overtake him on the road . The guard , who came from Edinburgh , did not seem to be aware of this circumstance , for he seemed rather dis- appointed , when , on looking round him for his perquisites , he missed one of his fare ...
... coach overtake him on the road . The guard , who came from Edinburgh , did not seem to be aware of this circumstance , for he seemed rather dis- appointed , when , on looking round him for his perquisites , he missed one of his fare ...
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