Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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I. LETTER , SIR J. F. W. HERSCHEL TO MR DRUMMOND'S MOTHER , 12TH
MAY 1840 , 437-442 II , EARLY DISCOVERIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
LIME LIGHT , 442-444 III . INSTRUCTIONS AS TO CHALLENGING JURORS IN ...
I. LETTER , SIR J. F. W. HERSCHEL TO MR DRUMMOND'S MOTHER , 12TH
MAY 1840 , 437-442 II , EARLY DISCOVERIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
LIME LIGHT , 442-444 III . INSTRUCTIONS AS TO CHALLENGING JURORS IN ...
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She , the beloved mother of Thomas Drummond , will be often referred to in this
narrative . She retained her beauty to the last , —a beauty shining through great
sadness , we may believe , as she for years survived her darling son . Some who
...
She , the beloved mother of Thomas Drummond , will be often referred to in this
narrative . She retained her beauty to the last , —a beauty shining through great
sadness , we may believe , as she for years survived her darling son . Some who
...
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Here Thomas Drummond passed his childhood and boyhood ; and here his
mother and grandmother fought their brave fight with worldly difficulties , and
fought it successfully . Mrs Somers , with her unmarried daughter , continued , it
will be ...
Here Thomas Drummond passed his childhood and boyhood ; and here his
mother and grandmother fought their brave fight with worldly difficulties , and
fought it successfully . Mrs Somers , with her unmarried daughter , continued , it
will be ...
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... greatest enjoyment in the day was a walk with our mother , I getting her one
hand and Tommy the other . The rest of us were all fond of gardening
amusements . As for Tommy , his pleasures lay in carpentering and mechanical
contrivances .
... greatest enjoyment in the day was a walk with our mother , I getting her one
hand and Tommy the other . The rest of us were all fond of gardening
amusements . As for Tommy , his pleasures lay in carpentering and mechanical
contrivances .
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may see a source of the great tenderness with which Thomas Drummond always
regarded his mother . To use the language of Miss Drummond , " he idolised her .
” Also , the experience of this time must have intensified in some degree his ...
may see a source of the great tenderness with which Thomas Drummond always
regarded his mother . To use the language of Miss Drummond , " he idolised her .
” Also , the experience of this time must have intensified in some degree his ...
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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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