Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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John Ferguson McLennan. PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY , EDINBURGH . PREFACE . THE assistance which I have received in preparing.
John Ferguson McLennan. PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY , EDINBURGH . PREFACE . THE assistance which I have received in preparing.
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John Ferguson McLennan. PREFACE . THE assistance which I have received in preparing this Memoir of Thomas Drummond is amply acknowledged in the text . It is proper , however , to define in a sen- tence or two the precise extent of it ...
John Ferguson McLennan. PREFACE . THE assistance which I have received in preparing this Memoir of Thomas Drummond is amply acknowledged in the text . It is proper , however , to define in a sen- tence or two the precise extent of it ...
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... preparing ; he again took a step , and entered the second academy . " By Christmas of the year in which he joined ... prepared for a commission . 66 " Much of this success , " says General Larcom , was doubtless to be attributed to ...
... preparing ; he again took a step , and entered the second academy . " By Christmas of the year in which he joined ... prepared for a commission . 66 " Much of this success , " says General Larcom , was doubtless to be attributed to ...
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... prepared ; and that a board of officers was to be appointed to consider the four plans . One of the models was by Major Blanchard . Whoever the fourth competitor may have been , it was a distinction for a subaltern to be able to compete ...
... prepared ; and that a board of officers was to be appointed to consider the four plans . One of the models was by Major Blanchard . Whoever the fourth competitor may have been , it was a distinction for a subaltern to be able to compete ...
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... prepared for it . From the moment when he joined the service he had striven with all his powers to qualify himself for advancing its interests . He had thrown his heart into it , and eagerly cultivated all those branches of knowledge ...
... prepared for it . From the moment when he joined the service he had striven with all his powers to qualify himself for advancing its interests . He had thrown his heart into it , and eagerly cultivated all those branches of knowledge ...
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