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Page iii
... General , and Attorney - General , under the Mulgrave and Ebrington
Administrations . The aid he has given me has been limited to the determination
of obscure facts , and he is nowise responsible either for my opinions , or for the
manner in ...
... General , and Attorney - General , under the Mulgrave and Ebrington
Administrations . The aid he has given me has been limited to the determination
of obscure facts , and he is nowise responsible either for my opinions , or for the
manner in ...
Page vii
IRELAND , 1835-1839 — GROWING POPULAR RESPECT FOR THE LAW -
EFFECT GIVEN TO THE EMANCIPATION - THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE
GOVERNMENT - MR DRUMMOND AND COLONEL VERNER - THE BATTLE OF
THE ...
IRELAND , 1835-1839 — GROWING POPULAR RESPECT FOR THE LAW -
EFFECT GIVEN TO THE EMANCIPATION - THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE
GOVERNMENT - MR DRUMMOND AND COLONEL VERNER - THE BATTLE OF
THE ...
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It is impossible to say what might have been the effect on his career of a bias
towards mere literary culture , had it been given at this time . A love for classical
literature grew upon him with his years , a rare thing in one eminent in
mathematics .
It is impossible to say what might have been the effect on his career of a bias
towards mere literary culture , had it been given at this time . A love for classical
literature grew upon him with his years , a rare thing in one eminent in
mathematics .
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He was mainly given to study , and found all the relaxation he desired in the
exercise of his constructive tastes . Having sufficient companionship at home in
his brothers and sister , he had few boy friends . He never was a saunterer , bird ...
He was mainly given to study , and found all the relaxation he desired in the
exercise of his constructive tastes . Having sufficient companionship at home in
his brothers and sister , he had few boy friends . He never was a saunterer , bird ...
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... which at the time was published in Leybourn ' s Mathematical Repository , and
was subsequently taken to replace that given in Dr Hutton ' s Course of
Mathematics , to which he had objected . This apparently trifling event gave an
increased ...
... which at the time was published in Leybourn ' s Mathematical Repository , and
was subsequently taken to replace that given in Dr Hutton ' s Course of
Mathematics , to which he had objected . This apparently trifling event gave an
increased ...
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| Title | Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
| Author | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Publisher | Edmonston and Douglas, 1867 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Jul 2010 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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