Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... never been at any distance from the home circle , excepting on one occasion , when he went by sea to Easdale , in Argyleshire . The vessel in which he sailed was a small sloop going for a cargo of slates . The Caledonian Canal was not ...
... never been at any distance from the home circle , excepting on one occasion , when he went by sea to Easdale , in Argyleshire . The vessel in which he sailed was a small sloop going for a cargo of slates . The Caledonian Canal was not ...
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... never told you this in any of my letters . Now you must promise to keep my mother ignorant of what I am about to tell you . From the moment I entered this place , till the present time , I have been miserable , and what I shall do I ...
... never told you this in any of my letters . Now you must promise to keep my mother ignorant of what I am about to tell you . From the moment I entered this place , till the present time , I have been miserable , and what I shall do I ...
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... never get out . You will think this most unaccountable conduct , but the unhappy situation I am in must plead my excuse . After being ready for a commission , there are many chances against getting into the Engineers ; promotion is so ...
... never get out . You will think this most unaccountable conduct , but the unhappy situation I am in must plead my excuse . After being ready for a commission , there are many chances against getting into the Engineers ; promotion is so ...
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... never was held ; at least there is neither record nor trace of it . He passed his entrance examination in the end of February ; by April he had passed his first examina- tion for a place in the school . The result is recorded in a ...
... never was held ; at least there is neither record nor trace of it . He passed his entrance examination in the end of February ; by April he had passed his first examina- tion for a place in the school . The result is recorded in a ...
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... never got rid . The fact that this " joke " had been played upon him , came to the knowledge of Professor Barlow , who took care so to express his sense of it , that nothing of the kind was again attempted . Is it too bad that it was ...
... never got rid . The fact that this " joke " had been played upon him , came to the knowledge of Professor Barlow , who took care so to express his sense of it , that nothing of the kind was again attempted . Is it too bad that it was ...
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