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DEDICATION. xi
labours of this kind, mofl happily adapted
even to ih^ female mode of pronunciation,
which with me as well as with a polite
nobleman, mufl ever bear the palm, if not
of correCtnefs, yet of grace and elegance.
Indeed, my Lord, the letters I allude
to are fo curious, that I v/ifli for 2ifac
funile of them, as we have of one of the ge-,
nuine /fZ/dTJof your country-man Archibald
Bower, They would I am perfuaded excel
all the curious manufcripts of this kind inyouc
own Univerfity of Aberdeen, or among the
immenfe collecftion of learned books of your
late valuable purchafe, the Argyle Library.
May I not therefore hope that as the DeJiniT
five Treaty is now figned, yourLordihip's la-
bours will be directed to this important
point, and that we may expedl to fee acom-r
pleat Orthographical Dictionary, to determine
the knotty point oi Britaiji fovBriton, v/hich
has oflate puzzled that great writer, the
great Briton himfelf, notwithftanding
the excellence of his Scotti/h education ?
Eafe and elegance will, I am perfuaded,
flill attend your Lordfliip as infeparably
labours of this kind, mofl happily adapted
even to ih^ female mode of pronunciation,
which with me as well as with a polite
nobleman, mufl ever bear the palm, if not
of correCtnefs, yet of grace and elegance.
Indeed, my Lord, the letters I allude
to are fo curious, that I v/ifli for 2ifac
funile of them, as we have of one of the ge-,
nuine /fZ/dTJof your country-man Archibald
Bower, They would I am perfuaded excel
all the curious manufcripts of this kind inyouc
own Univerfity of Aberdeen, or among the
immenfe collecftion of learned books of your
late valuable purchafe, the Argyle Library.
May I not therefore hope that as the DeJiniT
five Treaty is now figned, yourLordihip's la-
bours will be directed to this important
point, and that we may expedl to fee acom-r
pleat Orthographical Dictionary, to determine
the knotty point oi Britaiji fovBriton, v/hich
has oflate puzzled that great writer, the
great Briton himfelf, notwithftanding
the excellence of his Scotti/h education ?
Eafe and elegance will, I am perfuaded,
flill attend your Lordfliip as infeparably
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Composite volume > Fall of Mortimer > (373) Page xi |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91510020 |
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| Description | An historical play. Dedicated to the Right Honourable John Earl of Bute |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(5) |
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| Description | Containing How to grow rich: a comedy, and Alonzo. A tragedy, and The highland fair; or, union of the clans. An opera, and Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy, and The fall of Mortimer. An historical play. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(1-5) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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