Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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Page 101
... feeling which induces so many to turn aside from suggestions of another with indifference , if not with aversion . While engaged in these operations the conversation between himself and a scientific friend happened to turn on the ...
... feeling which induces so many to turn aside from suggestions of another with indifference , if not with aversion . While engaged in these operations the conversation between himself and a scientific friend happened to turn on the ...
Page 129
... feelings , still I am gratified that among those who did witness it my dearest mother was one . Now , to return to my promised description - for one forgets there are limits to a sheet of paper . Among others to whom it was con- sidered ...
... feelings , still I am gratified that among those who did witness it my dearest mother was one . Now , to return to my promised description - for one forgets there are limits to a sheet of paper . Among others to whom it was con- sidered ...
Page 149
... feelings by either inducing you to do what would be disagreeable , or compelling you to refuse . I have , therefore , taken the great liberty of enclosing some of the papers to you ; and if you would hint to me that you had no great ...
... feelings by either inducing you to do what would be disagreeable , or compelling you to refuse . I have , therefore , taken the great liberty of enclosing some of the papers to you ; and if you would hint to me that you had no great ...
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... feeling with which , the morning after the third reading in the Lords , Drummond stood and summoned to memory a brief review of all its stages , pausing from time to time when objections had been made to his own labours , and finally ...
... feeling with which , the morning after the third reading in the Lords , Drummond stood and summoned to memory a brief review of all its stages , pausing from time to time when objections had been made to his own labours , and finally ...
Page 160
... be wanting to our own feelings , were we not to contrive some method of denoting our sense of the sound judgment and amiable manner which have marked your whole intercourse with us , making it a source 160 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... be wanting to our own feelings , were we not to contrive some method of denoting our sense of the sound judgment and amiable manner which have marked your whole intercourse with us , making it a source 160 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
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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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