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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1705-1751
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INSERT, pa.p. = Eng. inserted, placed within, entered in a record, interpolated (Ags. 1722 Private MS. per Fif.1; Cai., ne.Sc., Fif. 1958).Sc. 1705 Analecta Scot. (Maidment 1834) I. 241:
Desyring that ther grievances and papers . . . be insert in session presbytery, and synod books, but no farther.Gsw. 1736 J. McUre View Gsw. 315:
To show the charitable disposition of the inhabitants of this City I have insert the following account of the Buchanan's Society.Sc. 1751 Caled. Mercury (4 June):
The said Judges appoint this Act to be insert in the News Papers, and placarded on the Church-doors.