Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... , Oxford . As a boy he was patronized by the first Lord Holland , and passed much of his time at Holland House . On leaving the University B 2 SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , ᏴᎪᎡᎢ . 3 of Brodie of Brodie. Of his own immediate ...
... , Oxford . As a boy he was patronized by the first Lord Holland , and passed much of his time at Holland House . On leaving the University B 2 SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , ᏴᎪᎡᎢ . 3 of Brodie of Brodie. Of his own immediate ...
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... Lord Holland purchased an estate and mansion at Winterslow in Wiltshire of one of the Thistlethwayte family , he rented a cottage in the same place in order that he might be near him . From his letters to his sisters written at this ...
... Lord Holland purchased an estate and mansion at Winterslow in Wiltshire of one of the Thistlethwayte family , he rented a cottage in the same place in order that he might be near him . From his letters to his sisters written at this ...
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Sir Benjamin Brodie. that what we gained in some respects was fully equal to what we lost in others . In my solitary walks through Lord Holland's woods , or over the Wiltshire downs , I early acquired the habit of reflection , and of ...
Sir Benjamin Brodie. that what we gained in some respects was fully equal to what we lost in others . In my solitary walks through Lord Holland's woods , or over the Wiltshire downs , I early acquired the habit of reflection , and of ...
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... Lord Holland and his friends , he had been what was then called a Foxite , and he continued to be a Liberal in politics to the last . This , in a worldly point of view , was much to his disadvantage , as , for many years before he died ...
... Lord Holland and his friends , he had been what was then called a Foxite , and he continued to be a Liberal in politics to the last . This , in a worldly point of view , was much to his disadvantage , as , for many years before he died ...
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... Lord and Lady Holland . As I have al- ready mentioned , Lord Holland's father had been my own father's friend and patron , to whom he was indebted for the only church prefer- ment which he possessed . My brother - in- law , Marsh , had been ...
... Lord and Lady Holland . As I have al- ready mentioned , Lord Holland's father had been my own father's friend and patron , to whom he was indebted for the only church prefer- ment which he possessed . My brother - in- law , Marsh , had been ...
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