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The Assassin's Cloak, an Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists published by Canongate, is now out in paperback and if I didn't already have a copy it would be on my Christmas wishlist pronto.
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The Assassin's Cloak, an Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists published by Canongate, is now out in paperback and if I didn't already have a copy it would be on my Christmas wishlist pronto.
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The Assassin's Cloak, an Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists published by Canongate, is now out in paperback and if I didn't already have a copy it would be on my Christmas wishlist pronto.
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The Helmet of Horror by Victor Pelevin - Canongate Myth series.
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Now there were larger crowds, and next they passed through the Neth-erbow gate in the city wall and continued down the same street, now called Canongate, where the houses were less crowded together and more gracious.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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Now there were larger crowds, and next they passed through the Neth-erbow gate in the city wall and continued down the same street, now called Canongate, where the houses were less crowded together and more gracious.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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Edinburgh, and the street in continuation still known as the Canongate, where the French troops were quartered during the Winter 1548-9.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Canongate, which is now one of the poorest parts of the city.
Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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But in the days when Lizzie danced and sang, and made her father's and mother's heart rejoice, the Canongate was the home of all the richest lords and ladies.
Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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By this time they had reached the door of his quarters, which he had taken up in a small paved court, retiring from the street called the Canongate, at the house of a buxom widow of forty, who seemed to smile very graciously upon the handsome young chief, she being a person with whom good looks and good humour were sure to secure an interest, whatever might be the party's political opinions.
The Waverley 1877
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