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    The Pilots of Pomona A Story of the Orkney Islands
    The Pilots of Pomona A Story of the Orkney Islands
    The Pilots of Pomona A Story of the Orkney Islands
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    The Pilots of Pomona A Story of the Orkney Islands

    By Robert Leighton

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    The Pilots of Pomona A Story of the Orkney Islands
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    Robert Leighton

    ROBERT LEIGHTON (1611–1684) was Archbishop of Glasgow and a Scottish presbyterian minister. Spurgeon called Leighton's commentary on 1 Peter "a true heavenly work."

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