A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1Robert Chambers Blackie, 1853 - Scotland |
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... period ; the author is not superior to the credulity of his age and party , but he is eminently industrious , and his narrative is written in an entertaining style . The work shows a wide range of authorities , and is liberally ...
... period ; the author is not superior to the credulity of his age and party , but he is eminently industrious , and his narrative is written in an entertaining style . The work shows a wide range of authorities , and is liberally ...
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... period . The want of numbers was felt too late ; but , to remedy the evil , the Russian troops , engaged for the expedition , were hastily embarked at the ports of Cronstadt and Revel , to the number of seventeen thousand , under the ...
... period . The want of numbers was felt too late ; but , to remedy the evil , the Russian troops , engaged for the expedition , were hastily embarked at the ports of Cronstadt and Revel , to the number of seventeen thousand , under the ...
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... period of exertion , though their mutual hostility was not in the least abated , the con- tending parties ceased ... periods of the war . Sir Ralph Abercromby , now a universal favourite , and esteemed the most skilful officer in the ...
... period of exertion , though their mutual hostility was not in the least abated , the con- tending parties ceased ... periods of the war . Sir Ralph Abercromby , now a universal favourite , and esteemed the most skilful officer in the ...
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... period , Mr Abernethy had published other treatises besides those already named . One of the most remarkable was , " Surgical Observa- tions on the Constitutional Origin and Treatment of Local Diseases , and on Aneurism , " 8vo , 1809 ...
... period , Mr Abernethy had published other treatises besides those already named . One of the most remarkable was , " Surgical Observa- tions on the Constitutional Origin and Treatment of Local Diseases , and on Aneurism , " 8vo , 1809 ...
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... period , as given by his biographer Mr Hen- derson , are painfully interesting . " He lodged in a small room at Restalrig , in the north - eastern suburbs ; and for this accommodation he paid fourpence a - week . All his meals , except ...
... period , as given by his biographer Mr Hen- derson , are painfully interesting . " He lodged in a small room at Restalrig , in the north - eastern suburbs ; and for this accommodation he paid fourpence a - week . All his meals , except ...
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