Scotland's Story: A New PerspectiveCollins, 1984 - 358 pagini Fighting endless hardship, at war with the English for the greater part of their history and, in their diversity, often warring amongst themselves, the Scottish people have given the world an enormous wealth of creativity and inventive genius out of all proportion to their numbers. This reveals the Scots as they are, and how they have become so: one of the smallest but most influential countries in the world. |
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... called , were promised to the Scots , together with ' pensions ' , awards of money for services to the Crown . The Earl of Mar , Anne's Scottish Secretary of State , kept London informed of the names of those who opposed union and could ...
... called , were promised to the Scots , together with ' pensions ' , awards of money for services to the Crown . The Earl of Mar , Anne's Scottish Secretary of State , kept London informed of the names of those who opposed union and could ...
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... called , who believed in setting up an economic system that would operate through its own intrinsic harmonies and balances . Smith was much im- pressed by their ' laissez - faire , let alone ' , philosophy and in the spring of 1767 ...
... called , who believed in setting up an economic system that would operate through its own intrinsic harmonies and balances . Smith was much im- pressed by their ' laissez - faire , let alone ' , philosophy and in the spring of 1767 ...
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... called upon his s 1 , Alexander Monro Secundus , to be joint professor with him from 1754 . He succeeded to his father's professorship in 1769 and held the chair until he too retired in 1808. Like his father he contributed greatly to ...
... called upon his s 1 , Alexander Monro Secundus , to be joint professor with him from 1754 . He succeeded to his father's professorship in 1769 and held the chair until he too retired in 1808. Like his father he contributed greatly to ...
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Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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