Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... favour , and ultimately induced him to settle in Scot- land , bestowing on him various honours and offices and a gift of lands . This is the shape , at least , which the early history of the Drummond family assumed in the beginning of ...
... favour , and ultimately induced him to settle in Scot- land , bestowing on him various honours and offices and a gift of lands . This is the shape , at least , which the early history of the Drummond family assumed in the beginning of ...
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... favoured schoolfellow might get it , and gladden the hearts of hospitable parents . Yet such prefer- ences , in violation of the rule " palmam qui meruit ferat , " might have been submitted to ; not resented , even if complained of ...
... favoured schoolfellow might get it , and gladden the hearts of hospitable parents . Yet such prefer- ences , in violation of the rule " palmam qui meruit ferat , " might have been submitted to ; not resented , even if complained of ...
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... favour to have letters from such men . " I infer , as both the professors were friends of the colonel's , that they had introduced their old pupil to him . He brought with him an introduction to Dr Smith , the head of the medical ...
... favour to have letters from such men . " I infer , as both the professors were friends of the colonel's , that they had introduced their old pupil to him . He brought with him an introduction to Dr Smith , the head of the medical ...
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... favour . I have a prospect of soon seeing a friend of mine , a great mathematician , and if he be acquainted with Dr Gregory or Mr Bonnycastle [ both of them professors at the Royal Military Academy ] , which he probably is , I shall ...
... favour . I have a prospect of soon seeing a friend of mine , a great mathematician , and if he be acquainted with Dr Gregory or Mr Bonnycastle [ both of them professors at the Royal Military Academy ] , which he probably is , I shall ...
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... favour in your power ; not by doing their work for them , for that is a hurt to them , and highly improper on your part , but by giving them advice . and aid in the doing their own work . But , above all , Thomas , be sure to discover ...
... favour in your power ; not by doing their work for them , for that is a hurt to them , and highly improper on your part , but by giving them advice . and aid in the doing their own work . But , above all , Thomas , be sure to discover ...
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