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UK: The Pentland Press, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5.75 X 8.25. P/B 81 pages, condition is Very Good. This is an extraordinarily lovely story, not a whisper of rancour and it runs at a full gallop throughout. Surprise should not be taken at this equestrian simile for the Reverend William Cowan was at one with horses as with his congregations. Could there be a moral for today; maybe there is, but the internal combustion engine makes a very poor substitute to Roderick his favourite horse and indeed any other of the remarkable animals on which he rode or was drawn over two thirds of Scotland and so much of England. When he wrote that the man that can habitually ride well with hounds must have brains and no mistake, he just spoke from his heart. The aptness of phrase used to describe those whom he met brings life itself to their names and what anecdotes there are from the Heights of the Alma to a garret in a Glasgow close: the description of Lord Raglan at one and a randy tart at the other…
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The Diary of the Reverend William Cowan Paperback - 1994
by Cowan, William; Gordon, Elizabeth B.
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- Title The Diary of the Reverend William Cowan
- Author Cowan, William; Gordon, Elizabeth B.
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- Pages 81
- Language ENG
- Publisher The Pentland Press, UK
- Date 1994
- ISBN 9781858210544
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