Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... brought up . I do not mean that you are to show your- self a stiff and sour Presbyterian . Religion is a matter betwixt God and your own conscience , and you may do your duty com- pletely both to God and man either as a Presbyterian or ...
... brought up . I do not mean that you are to show your- self a stiff and sour Presbyterian . Religion is a matter betwixt God and your own conscience , and you may do your duty com- pletely both to God and man either as a Presbyterian or ...
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... brought to bear on all subjects . To this it was probably due that he never became ex- clusively a mathematician , but advanced equally in all the various branches of study , being at that time , as he continued through life ...
... brought to bear on all subjects . To this it was probably due that he never became ex- clusively a mathematician , but advanced equally in all the various branches of study , being at that time , as he continued through life ...
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... brought by Colonel Pasley to the aid of military science offered the highest attrac- tion to a mind like Drummond's . It was here also that he first became acquainted with Major , now Lieutenant- Colonel , Reid , whose talent and ...
... brought by Colonel Pasley to the aid of military science offered the highest attrac- tion to a mind like Drummond's . It was here also that he first became acquainted with Major , now Lieutenant- Colonel , Reid , whose talent and ...
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... brought him into acquaintance with his future friend . and colleague , Major - General Sir John Burgoyne , then commanding engineer , with a division of the army . " During the visit he made a copy of a work by Sir John Burgoyne , then ...
... brought him into acquaintance with his future friend . and colleague , Major - General Sir John Burgoyne , then commanding engineer , with a division of the army . " During the visit he made a copy of a work by Sir John Burgoyne , then ...
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... brought into political life . I cannot doubt that he would have attained forensic eminence . His own views as to the spirit in which a man should choose and enter the profession of the law , happen to be preserved . A friend being ...
... brought into political life . I cannot doubt that he would have attained forensic eminence . His own views as to the spirit in which a man should choose and enter the profession of the law , happen to be preserved . A friend being ...
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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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