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Balmerino and Its Abbey: A Parochial History
Excerpt from Balmerino and Its Abbey
It is almost unnecessary to say that in traversing the exten sive period of time, and in dealing with the considerable variety of subjects, which this book embraces, the Author has freely availed himself of the labours of previous explorers in the same fields and he believes that no apology will be required for the insertion, in a work of this kind, of so many extracts from old Authors and Records, whose quaint and racy language is so much more interesting than would be any mere paraphrase or abridgement of it....
It is almost unnecessary to say that in traversing the exten sive period of time, and in dealing with the considerable variety of subjects, which this book embraces, the Author has freely availed himself of the labours of previous explorers in the same fields and he believes that no apology will be required for the insertion, in a work of this kind, of so many extracts from old Authors and Records, whose quaint and racy language is so much more interesting than would be any mere paraphrase or abridgement of it....
466 pages, Hardcover
Published August 24, 2018
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James Campbell
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