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 34
... success , " says General Larcom , was doubtless to be attributed to the admirable preliminary education he had received , but much also to a character of determined perseverance , and to the vigorous and well - regulated mind he brought ...
... success , " says General Larcom , was doubtless to be attributed to the admirable preliminary education he had received , but much also to a character of determined perseverance , and to the vigorous and well - regulated mind he brought ...
Page 36
... success . " future success . " When this was written Drum- mond had been only four months at the academy . He himself seems to have been unaware that human discernment could go so far or so swiftly , and disposed to ascribe his success ...
... success . " future success . " When this was written Drum- mond had been only four months at the academy . He himself seems to have been unaware that human discernment could go so far or so swiftly , and disposed to ascribe his success ...
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... success my memoir meets with . But there is no wish at the office to bring forward anything of that kind . " What he saw there a few days later , deepened the feeling that the Inspector- General was indifferent to the inventiveness of ...
... success my memoir meets with . But there is no wish at the office to bring forward anything of that kind . " What he saw there a few days later , deepened the feeling that the Inspector- General was indifferent to the inventiveness of ...
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... success with officers so old in the service as Major Lewis and Major Blanchard . That Drummond had such a prospect appears from the fact that a high opinion of his design was entertained by his friend Colonel Reid , a man of great ...
... success with officers so old in the service as Major Lewis and Major Blanchard . That Drummond had such a prospect appears from the fact that a high opinion of his design was entertained by his friend Colonel Reid , a man of great ...
Page 45
... success that could be commanded by a specialty for politics . The fact is , his talents were so great , and his cultivation so general ; his sense so sound and manly , and his sympathies so warm and generous ; he combined high ...
... success that could be commanded by a specialty for politics . The fact is , his talents were so great , and his cultivation so general ; his sense so sound and manly , and his sympathies so warm and generous ; he combined high ...
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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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