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John Millar

  

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John Millar : Historical View of the English Government, An

'Without reluctance, I push aside the massy quarto of Millar on the English government, to perform ther more pelasing duty of writing a few lines to you, by the conveyance of Mr Duncan.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Print: Book

  

John Millar : Historical View of the English Government, An

'I have read Millar on the English government &c-'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Print: Book

  

John Millar : Historical View of the English Government

'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: among others, Millar?s Historical View of the English Government, a book of great merit for its time, and which he highly valued; Mosheim?s Ecclesiastical History, McCrie?s Life of John Knox, and even Sewell?s and Rutty?s Histories of the Quakers.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: John Stuart Mill      Print: Book

  

John Millar : Books: A Guide to Good Reading

'Thanks for the copy of "Good Reading". It's a charming little book.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

  

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