Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... original thought , of luminous and almost poetical illustrations , the tedious details of descriptive anatomy being occasion- ally relieved by appropriate and amusing anec- dotes , which , though they had been repeated over and over ...
... original thought , of luminous and almost poetical illustrations , the tedious details of descriptive anatomy being occasion- ally relieved by appropriate and amusing anec- dotes , which , though they had been repeated over and over ...
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... original education , and really not having a sufficient knowledge of the use of language even for this simple kind of literary composition ; others neglect it from mere idleness ; while the great mass of students , whose period of ...
... original education , and really not having a sufficient knowledge of the use of language even for this simple kind of literary composition ; others neglect it from mere idleness ; while the great mass of students , whose period of ...
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... original investigations in che- mistry , and pursued them with much success . His friends have much regretted that he did not continue to distinguish himself in this manner afterwards . It is , however , easy to be explained . He ...
... original investigations in che- mistry , and pursued them with much success . His friends have much regretted that he did not continue to distinguish himself in this manner afterwards . It is , however , easy to be explained . He ...
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... original research . The meetings of the Animal Chemistry Club , while it was limited to its original members , were to me very interesting and instructive . Hatchett , who had now inherited a considerable fortune on the death of his ...
... original research . The meetings of the Animal Chemistry Club , while it was limited to its original members , were to me very interesting and instructive . Hatchett , who had now inherited a considerable fortune on the death of his ...
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... original members , had been removed from it by death . The existing members were Dr. Baillie , Mr. Home , Dr. ( afterwards Sir Gilbert ) Blane , Dr. John Clarke , Dr. Robertson Barclay ( a son of Dr. Robertson , the historian ) , Dr ...
... original members , had been removed from it by death . The existing members were Dr. Baillie , Mr. Home , Dr. ( afterwards Sir Gilbert ) Blane , Dr. John Clarke , Dr. Robertson Barclay ( a son of Dr. Robertson , the historian ) , Dr ...
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