 | George Brunton, David Haig - 1832 - 616 pagina’s
...of which are preserved in the Advocates' Library. a Forbes (Preface to Journal, xli.) says, that, " at the burning of his house, Lord Dirleton lost a...manuscript, written with his own hand, for recovery whereof he offered L.1000 sterling to any person that would restore it." 1 Burnet's Hist. i. 484. 1665,... | |
 | George Brunton, David Haig - 1832 - 614 pagina’s
...which are preserved in the Advocates' Library. • Forbes (Preface to Journal, xli.) says, that, " ut the burning of his house, Lord Dirleton lost a curious...manuscript, written with his own hand, for recovery whereof he offered L.1000 sterling to any person that would restore it." l Burners Hist. i. 484. 1665,... | |
 | 1862 - 720 pagina’s
...consistorial law, of the fruits whereof perhaps the burning of his house deprived the learned world, where he lost a curious Greek manuscript, written with his own hand, for recovery whereof he offered L.1000 sterling to any person that would restore it.' Sir George Mackenzie's comparison... | |
 | William Anderson - 1863 - 800 pagina’s
...and adds, " he wits a person of great integrity, only he loved money too much." Forbes says that " at the burning of his house Lord Dirleton lost a curious...manuscript, written with his own hand, for recovery whereof he offered £1,000 sterling." Lord Dirleton's Law Doubts, methodized by Sir William Hamilton... | |
 | 1882 - 688 pagina’s
...preserved which indicates at once his love of that language and his great wealth. It is said by Forbes that "at the burning of his house Lord Dirleton lost a...manuscript written with his own hand, for recovery whereof he offered £1000 sterling to any person that would restore it." In the course of his public... | |
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at the burning of his house, Lord Dirleton lost a curious Greek manuscript, written with his own hand, for recovery whereof he offered L.1000 sterling to any person that would restore it. 