Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... natural outcome of qualities accumulated and transmitted from generation to
generation in families of long - continued respectability . Mr Drummond ' s
circumstances became somewhat embarrassed soon after his marriage . As
stated by Mr ...
... natural outcome of qualities accumulated and transmitted from generation to
generation in families of long - continued respectability . Mr Drummond ' s
circumstances became somewhat embarrassed soon after his marriage . As
stated by Mr ...
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Also , the experience of this time must have intensified in some degree his
natural sympathies with the poor and struggling . How strong these were we shall
see . They prompted the most arduous labour of his life - a labour to which ,
indeed ...
Also , the experience of this time must have intensified in some degree his
natural sympathies with the poor and struggling . How strong these were we shall
see . They prompted the most arduous labour of his life - a labour to which ,
indeed ...
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His knowledge of geometry , ” writes Mr Scott in 1812 , “ I have never seen
equalled in one of his age ; and the progress he is now making in the higher
branches of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy , is such as might be expected
from one ...
His knowledge of geometry , ” writes Mr Scott in 1812 , “ I have never seen
equalled in one of his age ; and the progress he is now making in the higher
branches of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy , is such as might be expected
from one ...
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As it was , the boy ' s mind seemed to be finding its natural field in the definite
logical processes of mathematics pure and applied . Jardine appears to have
seen this , and to have hinted at his yielding to the natural bent , in a letter to him
...
As it was , the boy ' s mind seemed to be finding its natural field in the definite
logical processes of mathematics pure and applied . Jardine appears to have
seen this , and to have hinted at his yielding to the natural bent , in a letter to him
...
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... the voyage must have been exceedingly to his advantage . This letter contains
a passage which may be regarded as exhibiting some literary ambition , but
which , more probably , is the mere natural expression of a boy ' s elevated
feelings .
... the voyage must have been exceedingly to his advantage . This letter contains
a passage which may be regarded as exhibiting some literary ambition , but
which , more probably , is the mere natural expression of a boy ' s elevated
feelings .
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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 | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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