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... embarked for America . Soon after his arrival in the United States he was appointed Professor of Zoology in the Lawrence Scientific School , and since then Pro- fessor of Comparative Anatomy in the In Dublin and Limerick Ꭺ Ꭰ Ꭺ AGA 6.
... embarked for America . Soon after his arrival in the United States he was appointed Professor of Zoology in the Lawrence Scientific School , and since then Pro- fessor of Comparative Anatomy in the In Dublin and Limerick Ꭺ Ꭰ Ꭺ AGA 6.
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... United States . " Two volumes of this work , which is to extend to ten , have been already published . The book is executed upon a grand and comprehen- sive scale , and when completed will form one of the noblest tributes to science of ...
... United States . " Two volumes of this work , which is to extend to ten , have been already published . The book is executed upon a grand and comprehen- sive scale , and when completed will form one of the noblest tributes to science of ...
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... United States . In both countries his reception has been most enthusiastic . Carrying with him the prestige of his august mother , her Majesty Queen Victoria , the loyalty of the Canadians and the generosity of the Americans have at ...
... United States . In both countries his reception has been most enthusiastic . Carrying with him the prestige of his august mother , her Majesty Queen Victoria , the loyalty of the Canadians and the generosity of the Americans have at ...
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... United States . It passed through a third edition in 1857 , and was enlarged so as to include no less than seven thousand names . He prepared the lives of American ministers for the Rev. David Bogue's " History of Dis- senters . " He ...
... United States . It passed through a third edition in 1857 , and was enlarged so as to include no less than seven thousand names . He prepared the lives of American ministers for the Rev. David Bogue's " History of Dis- senters . " He ...
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... United States , " He was Inspector - General of Infantry was published , in which the subject was from 1847 until the revolution . On the treated in the spirit of that advanced | fall of the citizen king in the revolution criticism ...
... United States , " He was Inspector - General of Infantry was published , in which the subject was from 1847 until the revolution . On the treated in the spirit of that advanced | fall of the citizen king in the revolution criticism ...
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