Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... whole fourpence - perhaps sixpence - worth of the longed - for materials . 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 ...
... whole fourpence - perhaps sixpence - worth of the longed - for materials . 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 ...
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... . " " 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 distressed his mother had he stated the whole truth , 22 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... . " " 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 distressed his mother had he stated the whole truth , 22 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
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John Ferguson McLennan. 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 ...
John Ferguson McLennan. 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 ...
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... whole surface of a kingdom or a continent becomes covered with a net- work of them , all whose angular points are precisely determined . The strides so taken , moderate at first , become gigantic at last ; steeples , towers , obelisks ...
... whole surface of a kingdom or a continent becomes covered with a net- work of them , all whose angular points are precisely determined . The strides so taken , moderate at first , become gigantic at last ; steeples , towers , obelisks ...
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... 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 distinct character of a national survey , under the direction of Colonel Mudge ...
... 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 distinct character of a national survey , under the direction of Colonel Mudge ...
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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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