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... elected President of the Cortes , at the same time he re - entered the army ( 1834 ) with the rank of Field Marshal . In 1836 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs , under his friend Espartero , the Regent , and lost this office on the ...
... elected President of the Cortes , at the same time he re - entered the army ( 1834 ) with the rank of Field Marshal . In 1836 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs , under his friend Espartero , the Regent , and lost this office on the ...
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... elected Professor of Medical this sketch preclude the possibility of Pathology . In 1839 he was unanimously naming all his works , but amongst the selected by his colleagues to succeed M. most popular , beside the " Improvisa- Broussais ...
... elected Professor of Medical this sketch preclude the possibility of Pathology . In 1839 he was unanimously naming all his works , but amongst the selected by his colleagues to succeed M. most popular , beside the " Improvisa- Broussais ...
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... Elected deputy Mary ; " Firmilian , a Spasmodic Tra- gedy ; " and " The Ballads of Scotland . " He is also part author of " The Book of Ballads , edited by Bon Gualtier , " and of n volume of admirable translations of the poems and ...
... Elected deputy Mary ; " Firmilian , a Spasmodic Tra- gedy ; " and " The Ballads of Scotland . " He is also part author of " The Book of Ballads , edited by Bon Gualtier , " and of n volume of admirable translations of the poems and ...
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... elected a Member of against monarchy and the bourgeoisie . the Academy in 1828. He is the On the occasion of the insurrection of author of a number of papers in the May , 1849 , Barbès was sentenced to " Revue Française , " and the Bio ...
... elected a Member of against monarchy and the bourgeoisie . the Academy in 1828. He is the On the occasion of the insurrection of author of a number of papers in the May , 1849 , Barbès was sentenced to " Revue Française , " and the Bio ...
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... elected a corresponding member of the able as one of the few home - bred Scotch Royal Society of London . His scientific members who , understanding Scotch researches contributed to the Academy subjects , venture to take a part in the ...
... elected a corresponding member of the able as one of the few home - bred Scotch Royal Society of London . His scientific members who , understanding Scotch researches contributed to the Academy subjects , venture to take a part in the ...
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Page 342 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Page 84 - The Unity of Law : As Exhibited in the Relations of Physical, Social, Mental and Moral Science (1872).
Page 84 - ESSAY ON THE RATE OF WAGES, With an Examination of the Causes of the Differences in the Condition of the Labouring Population throughout the World.
Page 130 - I expect to be a representative of the people before the repeal of the Union. We shall meet at Philippi...
Page 235 - The Golden Legend (1851), The Song of Hiawatha (1855), and The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858).
Page 318 - In 1870 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. In...
Page 257 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Page 83 - In 1837 he was called to the House of Lords, on the death of his father. The great fortune to which he became heir he employed in improving the condition of his regiment. He acquired a good deal of notoriety in connexion with the "black bottle...
Page 19 - He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
Page 86 - Geometry," to which he prefixed an "Essay on Proportion," and also published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister," a work which betrayed a direction of reading destined to influence materially his future career. On the completion of this translation he commenced his