Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... Croonian Lec- ture in November , 1810. They made a favour- able impression at the time , so much so , that the Council awarded me the Copley medal in the autumn of 1811. At this time I was only 86 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE.
... Croonian Lec- ture in November , 1810. They made a favour- able impression at the time , so much so , that the Council awarded me the Copley medal in the autumn of 1811. At this time I was only 86 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE.
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Sir Benjamin Brodie. the autumn of 1811. At this time I was only twenty - eight years of age . I was told that when the question as to my having the medal was discussed in the Council , the only objection made to it was by one of the ...
Sir Benjamin Brodie. the autumn of 1811. At this time I was only twenty - eight years of age . I was told that when the question as to my having the medal was discussed in the Council , the only objection made to it was by one of the ...
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... autumn of 1814 my health began to fail . I became dys- peptic , and lost flesh , and altogether looked so ill that many of my acquaintance believed that I laboured under some serious organic disease . I was told of a medical dinner ...
... autumn of 1814 my health began to fail . I became dys- peptic , and lost flesh , and altogether looked so ill that many of my acquaintance believed that I laboured under some serious organic disease . I was told of a medical dinner ...
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... autumn , when I went , accompanied by my friend Brande , for a short time to the sea- side . It was remarkable how much , and what immediate refreshment this change of air and freedom of labour afforded me . I returned to London quite ...
... autumn , when I went , accompanied by my friend Brande , for a short time to the sea- side . It was remarkable how much , and what immediate refreshment this change of air and freedom of labour afforded me . I returned to London quite ...
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... autumn of 1821. We have had no other children . in a very It was in the year 1817 or 1818 that I first formed a rather intimate acquaintance with the late Sir William Knighton . In the year 1815 Sir William was in attendance on the Duke ...
... autumn of 1821. We have had no other children . in a very It was in the year 1817 or 1818 that I first formed a rather intimate acquaintance with the late Sir William Knighton . In the year 1815 Sir William was in attendance on the Duke ...
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