Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal, Volume 1 |
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... arrival at Calcutta in March 1797. Appointment as chaplain at Barrack- pore , and residence there till November 1799. Mar- riage of Mr. Buchanan in the spring of that year . Ap- pointment as one of the chaplains of the Presidency ...
... arrival at Calcutta in March 1797. Appointment as chaplain at Barrack- pore , and residence there till November 1799. Mar- riage of Mr. Buchanan in the spring of that year . Ap- pointment as one of the chaplains of the Presidency ...
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... arrived at a part " of the country where I thought I could not be 66 16 known , I called at gentlemen's houses , and farm- houses , where I was in general kindly lodged . " They were very well pleased with my playing " reels to them ...
... arrived at a part " of the country where I thought I could not be 66 16 known , I called at gentlemen's houses , and farm- houses , where I was in general kindly lodged . " They were very well pleased with my playing " reels to them ...
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... arrived at Newcastle , I felt tired of " my long journey , and found that it was in- " deed hard to live on the benevolence of others : " I therefore resolved to proceed to London by " water ; for I did not want to travel in my own ...
... arrived at Newcastle , I felt tired of " my long journey , and found that it was in- " deed hard to live on the benevolence of others : " I therefore resolved to proceed to London by " water ; for I did not want to travel in my own ...
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... arrival of an answer from her to a recent letter of enquiry from himself , which , either from the favourable account of his parent's welfare , or its salutary influence upon his own mind , appears to have afforded him much pleasure ...
... arrival of an answer from her to a recent letter of enquiry from himself , which , either from the favourable account of his parent's welfare , or its salutary influence upon his own mind , appears to have afforded him much pleasure ...
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... arrived , when the mercy of God , which had always accompanied me , was to be manifested in " a singular manner . I had a very strong sense " of religion when I was about the age of four- " teen ; and I used often to reflect on that ...
... arrived , when the mercy of God , which had always accompanied me , was to be manifested in " a singular manner . I had a very strong sense " of religion when I was about the age of four- " teen ; and I used often to reflect on that ...
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