Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... formed other acquaintance , and I may mention speci- ally Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) Maton , who after- wards became a physician of great eminence in the metropolis ; Mr. ( now Sir John ) Stoddart SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , BART . 9.
... formed other acquaintance , and I may mention speci- ally Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) Maton , who after- wards became a physician of great eminence in the metropolis ; Mr. ( now Sir John ) Stoddart SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , BART . 9.
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... John Stoddart , still retaining an active and vi- gorous intellect , and engaged in literary pursuits at nearly eighty years of age . There were undoubtedly disadvantages belong- ing to the kind of life which my brothers and myself led ...
... John Stoddart , still retaining an active and vi- gorous intellect , and engaged in literary pursuits at nearly eighty years of age . There were undoubtedly disadvantages belong- ing to the kind of life which my brothers and myself led ...
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Sir Benjamin Brodie. covered with houses and gardens in the district of St. John's Wood . Notwithstanding what I have said as to our want of society at Winterslow , we were not altogether without opportunities of studying the characters ...
Sir Benjamin Brodie. covered with houses and gardens in the district of St. John's Wood . Notwithstanding what I have said as to our want of society at Winterslow , we were not altogether without opportunities of studying the characters ...
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... John Pringle . His election took place after a severe contest , in which his principal opponents were the mathematicians , with Dr. Horsley , the Bishop of Rochester , at their head . He was created a Baronet , a Civil Knight of the ...
... John Pringle . His election took place after a severe contest , in which his principal opponents were the mathematicians , with Dr. Horsley , the Bishop of Rochester , at their head . He was created a Baronet , a Civil Knight of the ...
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... - other society to which I at this time belonged . It was founded in the year 1793 , by John Hunter and Dr. Fordyce , under the name of a Society for the Promotion of Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge 92 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE.
... - other society to which I at this time belonged . It was founded in the year 1793 , by John Hunter and Dr. Fordyce , under the name of a Society for the Promotion of Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge 92 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE.
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