Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... passed my examination , delivered my letters to Colonel Mudge , and joined that after- noon . " He says in another place : " When I arrived at the Academy , I hesitated whether to go in or not , but after travelling sixteen miles , I ...
... passed my examination , delivered my letters to Colonel Mudge , and joined that after- noon . " He says in another place : " When I arrived at the Academy , I hesitated whether to go in or not , but after travelling sixteen miles , I ...
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... passing ; he but " wanted in . " Here , " said the clerk to the professor , " is a young man from Scotland who pretends to know everything . " No doubt Mr Barlow learned somewhat of the circumstances ; and would be interested in a youth ...
... passing ; he but " wanted in . " Here , " said the clerk to the professor , " is a young man from Scotland who pretends to know everything . " No doubt Mr Barlow learned somewhat of the circumstances ; and would be interested in a youth ...
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... 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 letter to Mr Aitchison , dated April 13 , 1813 . " At the last examination ...
... 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 letter to Mr Aitchison , dated April 13 , 1813 . " At the last examination ...
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... passed with such rapidity through that academy , and the fourth and third , that at Christmas of the year in which he joined , he entered the second academy . " * The distinguished General here appears not so well informed as usual of ...
... passed with such rapidity through that academy , and the fourth and third , that at Christmas of the year in which he joined , he entered the second academy . " * The distinguished General here appears not so well informed as usual of ...
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... passed , the meals grew more and more unsatisfactory , and he had at last to receive remittances from home in aid of his breakfasts and teas ; his friends , Dawson and Kennedy of Kirkmichael , clubbing with him for these extra repasts ...
... passed , the meals grew more and more unsatisfactory , and he had at last to receive remittances from home in aid of his breakfasts and teas ; his friends , Dawson and Kennedy of Kirkmichael , clubbing with him for these extra repasts ...
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