Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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The boy himself , whose pride as against bis desire for the money was not
uppermost , was grievously disappointed at the interference , and the flitting from
his view of a whole fourpence — perhaps sixpence - worth of the longed - for
materials ...
The boy himself , whose pride as against bis desire for the money was not
uppermost , was grievously disappointed at the interference , and the flitting from
his view of a whole fourpence — perhaps sixpence - worth of the longed - for
materials ...
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Their leaving in May will be an irreparable loss to me . ” “ You desire me
particularly to say whether or not I get enough of food . I have always got as much
as I desire . ” It would have 1 distressed his mother had he stated the whole truth ,
22 ...
Their leaving in May will be an irreparable loss to me . ” “ You desire me
particularly to say whether or not I get enough of food . I have always got as much
as I desire . ” It would have 1 distressed his mother had he stated the whole truth ,
22 ...
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distressed his mother had he stated the whole truth , as he was afterwards forced
to do . A portion of it , however , appears from the following account of the round
of the day : “ There is a parade at half - past seven , after which we get breakfast ...
distressed his mother had he stated the whole truth , as he was afterwards forced
to do . A portion of it , however , appears from the following account of the round
of the day : “ There is a parade at half - past seven , after which we get breakfast ...
Page 49
... of larger and larger dimensions , till the whole surface of a kingdom or a
continent becomes covered with a network of them , all whose angular points are
precisely determined . The strides so taken , moderate at first , become gigantic at
last ...
... of larger and larger dimensions , till the whole surface of a kingdom or a
continent becomes covered with a network of them , all whose angular points are
precisely determined . The strides so taken , moderate at first , become gigantic at
last ...
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Plain with the steel chain , and the triangulation thence continued westward
along the whole southern coast , till the triangles embraced Dorset , Devon ,
Cornwall to the Land's End , and even the Scilly Isles . The work had now
assumed the ...
Plain with the steel chain , and the triangulation thence continued westward
along the whole southern coast , till the triangles embraced Dorset , Devon ,
Cornwall to the Land's End , and even the Scilly Isles . The work had now
assumed the ...
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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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