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Pagina 3
... took the popular side , and became the leader of the opposition party , to which Governor Colville gave way , and ordered Jeremie home . Before the latter returned again , Draper had been ordered by the home government to be dismissed ...
... took the popular side , and became the leader of the opposition party , to which Governor Colville gave way , and ordered Jeremie home . Before the latter returned again , Draper had been ordered by the home government to be dismissed ...
Pagina 5
... took his B.A. degree in 1744 , and subsequently a fellow of his college , and M.A. 1749. Meanwhile , instead of taking holy orders as his friends had intended , he obtained an ensigncy in a regiment of foot then commanded by Lord Henry ...
... took his B.A. degree in 1744 , and subsequently a fellow of his college , and M.A. 1749. Meanwhile , instead of taking holy orders as his friends had intended , he obtained an ensigncy in a regiment of foot then commanded by Lord Henry ...
Pagina 14
... took the degree of M.A. in 1771 , and he then pro- ceeded to Edinburgh to study medicine . At Edinburgh he was noted as one of the most distinguished students of his period , not only in medicine , but in philosophy ; he became a ...
... took the degree of M.A. in 1771 , and he then pro- ceeded to Edinburgh to study medicine . At Edinburgh he was noted as one of the most distinguished students of his period , not only in medicine , but in philosophy ; he became a ...
Pagina 20
... took the oath to sup- port her and her son at the Guildhall of London ( Ann . Paulini , p . 323 ) . He died at his episcopal manor - house at Dogmersfield , Hampshire , on 9 May 1329 , and was buried in St. Katharine's Chapel in his ...
... took the oath to sup- port her and her son at the Guildhall of London ( Ann . Paulini , p . 323 ) . He died at his episcopal manor - house at Dogmersfield , Hampshire , on 9 May 1329 , and was buried in St. Katharine's Chapel in his ...
Pagina 27
... took his regiment first near Edinburgh , where there are to be seen to Malta and then to Gibraltar , and left it in cedars grown from seed sent him by his brother 1804 to take command of a brigade on the home Alexander [ q . v . ] who ...
... took his regiment first near Edinburgh , where there are to be seen to Malta and then to Gibraltar , and left it in cedars grown from seed sent him by his brother 1804 to take command of a brigade on the home Alexander [ q . v . ] who ...
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Pagina 63 - But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Pagina 122 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Pagina 210 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Pagina 66 - The Hind and the Panther transversed to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse,' printed in 1687, in 4to, in answer to Dryden's ' Hind and Panther,
Pagina 12 - Reasons of Faith ; or, the Order of the Christian Argument Developed and Explained. By the Rev. GS DREW, MA Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 8vo.
Pagina 209 - Dunning and myself,' added he, ' we were generous, for we gave the girl who waited on us a penny a piece ; but Kenyon, who always knew the value of money, sometimes rewarded her with a halfpenny, and sometimes with a promise.
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Pagina 194 - Bibliotheca theologica,' NY, 1883 : upon ethics in Fr. Jodl's 'Geschichte der Ethik,' Stuttg., 1882-89: and upon psychology in LN Wilson's 'Bibliography of child-study,' Worcester, Mass., 1898-1901, and especially in 'The index catalogue of the library of the SurgeonGeneral's Office,