This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...to whom it clearly does not belong, and one wished it did not belong to Kames either. He spared himself as little as he did others. He lived in New Street, an early old-time improvement on the north side of the Canongate, and from there he went to the Parliament House in a sedan chair. One morning, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...to whom it clearly does not belong, and one wished it did not belong to Kames either. He spared himself as little as he did others. He lived in New Street, an early old-time improvement on the north side of the Canongate, and from there he went to the Parliament House in a sedan chair. One morning, near the end, he was being helped into it, for he was old and infirm, when James Boswell crossed his path. Jamie was always in one scrape or the other, but this time you fancy he had done something specially notorious. "I shall shortly be seeing your father,"said Kames (old Auchinleck had died that year (I 782), as on the 27th of December did Kames himself); " have you any message for him? Shall I tell him how you are getting on? " You imagine his diabolical grin and Bozzy's confused answer. Beside these quaint figures Lord Hailes, with his ponderous learning, is a mere Dry-as-dust antiquary--the dust lies ever deeper over his many folios; of his finical exactness there still linger traditions in the Parliament House. It is said he dismissed a case because aword was wrongly spelt in one of the numbers of process. Thus he earned himself a couplet in the once famous Court of Session Garland. " To judge of this matter I cannot pretend, For justice, my Lords, wants an ' e ' at the end." So wrote Boswell, himself, though he only partly belongs to Edinburgh, not the least interesting figure of our period. There is more than one story of him and Kames. The judge had playfully suggested that Boswell should write his biography! How devoutly you wish he had. What an entertaining and famous book it had been! but perhaps he had only it in him to do one biography, and we know how splendid that was. Poor...
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Used-Good. Good-hardback. 1st edition, in buff cloth with gilt. Cloth soiled, stained and wrinkled; spine badly browned with near-illegible lettering; text near VG. With tipped-in illustrations.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in grey paperboards with brown cloth s. Free end papers browned; page fore-edge a little foxed; spine bumped at head & foot; board corners worn.
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Used-Good. Good hardback. Pale cloth with bright gilt titles on front board and faded gilt titles on spine; spine very foxed, bleeding onto front board. Bookplate detached from half title; foxing present on prelims and edges; Lovely condition tipped in frontis.
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Good. Boards are shelf and edge worn. foxing throughout. binding may have been repaired neatly. all text and plates remain neat, legible and intact. also considering its age [1913] book is in rather good condition. [SN]
