Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... labour of his life - a labour to which , indeed , his life may be said to have been sacrificed . CHAPTER II . SCHOOL AND COLLEGE . THE first school 8 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... labour of his life - a labour to which , indeed , his life may be said to have been sacrificed . CHAPTER II . SCHOOL AND COLLEGE . THE first school 8 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
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... labour of love as it is a pleasure to find an apt and assiduous pupil , he , doubtless , had his reward . The pride of Mrs Drummond may be imagined on his casually re- marking to her one day , " John Wilson and your Tom are the ...
... labour of love as it is a pleasure to find an apt and assiduous pupil , he , doubtless , had his reward . The pride of Mrs Drummond may be imagined on his casually re- marking to her one day , " John Wilson and your Tom are the ...
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... labours . I need not suggest to you , for I daresay it is a part of your pratique , to attempt demonstrations of your own in a different manner . But I commit all these things to your prudence and to the instructions you receive . " You ...
... labours . I need not suggest to you , for I daresay it is a part of your pratique , to attempt demonstrations of your own in a different manner . But I commit all these things to your prudence and to the instructions you receive . " You ...
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... labour and difficulty Colby , accompanied by his assistants , Robe and Dawson , and a selected party of artillerymen , established themselves and instru- ments in camp on the top of Corrie Habbie , in Banff- shire , a hill about 2200 ...
... labour and difficulty Colby , accompanied by his assistants , Robe and Dawson , and a selected party of artillerymen , established themselves and instru- ments in camp on the top of Corrie Habbie , in Banff- shire , a hill about 2200 ...
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... those upon the two lone islands " of Faira and Foula , as they are called by Dawson in the letter already cited . The season was one of extraordinary labour . On the island of Foula , Colby , 66 " the chief , " as his officers delighted to.
... those upon the two lone islands " of Faira and Foula , as they are called by Dawson in the letter already cited . The season was one of extraordinary labour . On the island of Foula , Colby , 66 " the chief , " as his officers delighted to.
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Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R. E. , F. R. A. S. , Under Secretary to the Lord ... John Ferguson McLennan No preview available - 2020 |
Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R. E., F. R. A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord ... John F. M'lennan No preview available - 2016 |
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