Highland student, he lapsed into a " charity teacher," supported by the Society and Committee which I have mentioned. The Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge had its origin in the design of a few private gentlemen, who met in Edinburgh in the... Transactions - Página 172de Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1885Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
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