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Bishop Strachan, the doughty Aberdonian champion of Anglican rights and privileges, led a crusade against this 'godless institution' and raised the cry of spoliation. The echoes of that wordy warfare have even now hardly died away.
More recently a stalwart Aberdonian, on helping to put a bust into a monument, exclaims in a strain of genuine ardour, "I knew Carlyle, and I aver to you that his heart was as large and generous as his brain was powerful; that he was essentially a most lovable man, and that there were depths of tenderness, kindliness, benevolence, and most delicate courtesy in him, with all his seeming ruggedness and sternness, such as I have found throughout my life rarely in any human being."
"One by one the sea raxed away our three boats, an' the davits were crumpled like ram's horns. "'Yon's bad, said Bell, at the last. 'Ye canna pass a hawser wi'oot a boat. Bell was a vara judeecious man for an Aberdonian. "I'm not one that fashes himself for eventualities outside the engine-room, so I e'en slipped down betwixt waves to see how the Kite fared.
No Englishman of Byron's age, character, and history would have had patience for long theological discussions on the way to fight for Greece; but the daft Gordon blood and the Aberdonian school-days kept their influence to the end.
I tried to get hold of Dr Martin this afternoon, but he was miles away on an urgent case, and won't be back till to-morrow. But I got Dr Farquharson " "Roaring Radical!" said I in horror-struck tones. "Yes, dear, but such a nice old thing; and Scotch too, Robin " "Aberdonian," said Robin dubiously. "Well," continued my wife, "he said she would need care, and must stay in bed.
On one of such occasions, eighty of the inhabitants were killed and wounded.* Down even to the middle of last century the Aberdonian notions of personal liberty seem to have been very restricted; for between 1740 and 1746 we find that persons of both sexes were kidnapped, put on board ships, and despatched to the American plantations, where they were sold for slaves.
Bills for discount were eagerly sought after, and little attention was paid to the respectability of the names of either drawer or endorser. Cash-advances were publicly advertised by the Commercial Bank. Parties, to my certain knowledge, were stopped in the street by the Aberdonian just alluded to, who solicited their business with a very bland smile.
"Nae end o't till his life makes an end," answered the Aberdonian. "But what for did the auld Countess forbid the marriage?" continued the persevering querist.
"Nae end o't till his life makes an end," answered the Aberdonian. "But what for did the auld Countess forbid the marriage?" continued the persevering querist.
He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent. Twice already in his career had Holmes helped him to attain success, his own sole reward being the intellectual joy of the problem. For this reason the affection and respect of the Scotchman for his amateur colleague were profound, and he showed them by the frankness with which he consulted Holmes in every difficulty.
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