Free Kirk
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No wonder you are astonished," for Carmichael was blushing furiously; "and I must make our defence, eh, Carnegie? else it will be understood in Free Kirk circles that the manse is mad.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
There were exactly ten Free Kirk families from Tochty Lodge eastwards, and some of these still speak with feeling of the attention they received, which exceeded all they had ever known before or since.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
Our place on the coach was shared with a Scot, who was the most truculent defender of the Free Kirk I have ever met.
From A Lame Dog's Diary by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)
I hope the Free Kirk folk will not be scandalised by the revelation, especially by that of the churchwardens.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur
“Dante had no more imagination,” said Phineas, “than a Free Kirk precentor in Kirkcudbright.”
From The Rough Road by Locke, William John
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