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THE
DOMINIE DEPOS'D.
OR SOMR.
REFLECTIONS
Dn his Intrigue with a Young Lass, and what hap.
pent' thereupon; intermixed with Advice to all
Precentors and Dominies.
WITH THE SfiQUEL.
BY WILLIAM FORBES,' A. M,
Late Schoolmaster at Petcrcoulter.
TO WHICH IS ADDED,
Maggy Johnstons Elegy,
printed for the booksellers.
1823

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Dominie depos'd, or, Somr [sic] reflections on his intrigue with a young lass, and what happened thereupon
DescriptionIntermixed with advice to all precentors and dominies. With the sequel. By William Forbes, A. M. late schoolmaster at Petercoulter. To which is added, Maggy Johnston's elegy.
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