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Definition:the capital of Scotland since the 15th century. Currently it boasts the second strongest economy in the UK, after London.Several authors came from this city; including Sir Walter Scott, Robert. L. Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many others.J.K. Rowling begin writing the Harry Potter series at coffee shop in this town.
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King: Till now thy titles have been but few, Duke of Edinburgh and Warden of the Royal Privvies.
Blackadder: Just so my lord.
King: We thank thee Egbert for thy wok in Edinburgh, know now that we do relieve thee of thy heavy task and give the Dukedom to our lord cousin
Hastings. [aside] Many Happy Returns Tom.
BBC. Blackadder, season 1: The Black Seal
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I will not describe the city of Edinburgh. Every one has been to the city of Edinburgh.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: A Predicament (1838)
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Ned Gowan was a solicitor. Born, bred, and educated in Edinburgh, he looked the part thoroughly.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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in the fields called the Links, the citizens of Edinburgh divert themselves at a game called golf, in which they use a curious kind of bats, tipt with horn, and small elastic balls of leather, stuffed with feathers, rather less than tennis balls, but of a much harder consistence—This they strike with such force and dexterity from one hole to another, that they will fly to an incredible distance. Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks, from the senator of justice to the lowest tradesman, mingled together in their shirts, and following the balls with the utmost eagerness.
Tobias Smollett. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
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I'm at a hotel in a little town on the Norfolk coast. Tomorrow, I go farther north. Edinburgh, maybe, perhaps farther still.
Paula Hawkins. The Girl on the Train, p.320 (2015)
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in Scotland [Callender] published The Political Progress of Britain, or An Impartial Account of the Principal Abuses in the Government of this Country from the Revolution in 1688. For these intemperate remarks, though anonymous, he was indicted in 1793 for sedition. He fled from Edinburgh and made his way, "with some difficulty," soon thereafter to Philadelphia.
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[an epitaph] at Edinburgh:
"John Mc pherson Was a wonderful person
He stood 6 ft 2 without his shoe
And he was slew.
At Waterloo."
Anonymous. English As She is Wrote (1883)
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