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  • “Stewart Traill is one of those rare people leading a group like this who is not terribly sincere,” Mr. Burks says.

    On the Traill: Difficult To Peg Reclusive Leader 2003

  • "Traill," it seems to me, would be meaning in the English,

    The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

  • Interestingly, her sister was also a settler -- Catherine Parr Traill.

    Stef Penney discusses her first novel, The Tenderness of Wolves 2010

  • He says Mr. Traill made a show of feeding the dog at one o'clock every day and his bowl is now displayed in a local museum.

    Historian Won't Let Scotland's Most Famous Dog Lie James Hookway 2011

  • When the original dog died, he says, graveyard watchman James Brown and restaurateur John Traill simply procured another, perkier one, which might explain why Bobby reputedly lived for an impressive 16 years.

    Historian Won't Let Scotland's Most Famous Dog Lie James Hookway 2011

  • Please do get hold of Mr Perrin and Mr Traill, recently republished by Capuchin Press and reviewed by me.

    A Hit And A Miss « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • "Schliemann," says Traill, "wanted the treasure to be found in Priam's palace."

    The Golden Hoard 2008

  • This is the fascinating (well I thought so) account of the lives of Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill, sisters from the very literary Strickland family who left England for Canada in the 19th century and the rigours and deprivations of pioneer life.

    48 entries from November 2006 2006

  • This is the fascinating (well I thought so) account of the lives of Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill, sisters from the very literary Strickland family who left England for Canada in the 19th century and the rigours and deprivations of pioneer life.

    IceBooks 2006

  • Traill suggests that short-weighing gold dust might be more accurate.

    The Golden Hoard 2008

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