Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... Henry Ellis , and others . Not long after I had joined the society , a young Scotch- man of uncouth appearance was admitted into it , whom very few of us knew , who at that time , while a student of one of the Inns of Court , was ...
... Henry Ellis , and others . Not long after I had joined the society , a young Scotch- man of uncouth appearance was admitted into it , whom very few of us knew , who at that time , while a student of one of the Inns of Court , was ...
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... ( Henry Drummond , the pre- sent member of Parliament for West Surrey ) , who was a craniologist , at the Athenæum , when he told me that he saw that I had the organ of constructiveness much developed , and that this explained how it was ...
... ( Henry Drummond , the pre- sent member of Parliament for West Surrey ) , who was a craniologist , at the Athenæum , when he told me that he saw that I had the organ of constructiveness much developed , and that this explained how it was ...
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... Henry Cavendish , Home , Barrow , Maskelyne , Blagden , Abernethy , Carlisle , and others who have long since passed away , but whose reputa- tion still remains , and gives a character to the in which they lived . age In the course of ...
... Henry Cavendish , Home , Barrow , Maskelyne , Blagden , Abernethy , Carlisle , and others who have long since passed away , but whose reputa- tion still remains , and gives a character to the in which they lived . age In the course of ...
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... Henry Halford , Sir Mathew Tierney , and myself , making indeed a very large assembly for so small a matter . After this attendance , Cooper was created a baronet , and Sir Everard Home , was comforted by being appointed to the office ...
... Henry Halford , Sir Mathew Tierney , and myself , making indeed a very large assembly for so small a matter . After this attendance , Cooper was created a baronet , and Sir Everard Home , was comforted by being appointed to the office ...
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... Henry Halford and Sir Matthew Tierney . It was early in May that Sir William Knighton called on me one forenoon , and said , ' I have the King's commands that you should accom- pany me immediately to Windsor . They have got into a ...
... Henry Halford and Sir Matthew Tierney . It was early in May that Sir William Knighton called on me one forenoon , and said , ' I have the King's commands that you should accom- pany me immediately to Windsor . They have got into a ...
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