Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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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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Indeed , in some respects “ Grandmother Somers ” was the true head of the
family . She is described as having been “ a very managing woman ” -a person “
at once of great sweetness and great sense . ' Her portrait supports the character
...
Indeed , in some respects “ Grandmother Somers ” was the true head of the
family . She is described as having been “ a very managing woman ” -a person “
at once of great sweetness and great sense . ' Her portrait supports the character
...
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To Drummond , confident of his future , they were unimportant from the first . It
was no act of carelessness as to documents not immediately available for any
purpose . No man preserved with more religious care papers for which he had
respect ...
To Drummond , confident of his future , they were unimportant from the first . It
was no act of carelessness as to documents not immediately available for any
purpose . No man preserved with more religious care papers for which he had
respect ...
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I have no advice to give you with respect to your studies , excepting this , that you
should always make yourself completely master of the elements or first steps of
your processes or demonstrations , and never pass over any important step till ...
I have no advice to give you with respect to your studies , excepting this , that you
should always make yourself completely master of the elements or first steps of
your processes or demonstrations , and never pass over any important step till ...
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He was in every respect , " Sir John Herschel has said to me , “ a most excellent
person . There was but one ground of complaint I ever had against him — that he
deserted science . That was his natural field , and he had every qualification for ...
He was in every respect , " Sir John Herschel has said to me , “ a most excellent
person . There was but one ground of complaint I ever had against him — that he
deserted science . That was his natural field , and he had every qualification for ...
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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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