18 books
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6 voters
1822
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Among all the public worthies whom the approach of Majesty called into action, as the return of spring does the busy bees, none were more alert and alive to the dignity and importance of their office than the worshipful municipality of Leith. Some unknown power, which deemed itself appalling to the whole Magistracy of the ancient and loyal town, ordained that the King should land on the odiferous shores of the fishing village of Newhaven. But Bailie Macfie, as he sat at the head of the Council b
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― The Ayrshire Legatees, The Steam-Boat, The Gathering of the West
― The Ayrshire Legatees, The Steam-Boat, The Gathering of the West