The English Cyclopaedia, Part 3, Volume 4Charles Knight Bradbury, Evans, 1867 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Edinburgh Review ' - the first of that long series of brilliant essays with which , for a period of twenty years , he enriched the pages of the great northern periodical , and upon which even yet so much of his fame in literature ...
... Edinburgh Review ' - the first of that long series of brilliant essays with which , for a period of twenty years , he enriched the pages of the great northern periodical , and upon which even yet so much of his fame in literature ...
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... Edinburgh spontaneously in July , 1852 , re - elected him one of their representatives ; and this though he did not attend the election , nor even issue an address . He accepted the mark of their restored confidence with great good ...
... Edinburgh spontaneously in July , 1852 , re - elected him one of their representatives ; and this though he did not attend the election , nor even issue an address . He accepted the mark of their restored confidence with great good ...
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... Edinburgh , where he obtained his diploma of physician , at the age of eighteen . He subsequently entered the artillery as assistant - surgeon , and on the 5th of April 1803 accepted the situation of chemist to the Board of Ordnance ...
... Edinburgh , where he obtained his diploma of physician , at the age of eighteen . He subsequently entered the artillery as assistant - surgeon , and on the 5th of April 1803 accepted the situation of chemist to the Board of Ordnance ...
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... Edinburgh , 1819. Next , A Geological Classifica- tion of Rocks , with Descriptive Synopses , comprising the Elements of Practical Geology , ' London , 1821 , 1 vol . 8vo . Thirdly , The High- lands and Western Isles of Scotland , in a ...
... Edinburgh , 1819. Next , A Geological Classifica- tion of Rocks , with Descriptive Synopses , comprising the Elements of Practical Geology , ' London , 1821 , 1 vol . 8vo . Thirdly , The High- lands and Western Isles of Scotland , in a ...
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... Edinburgh , he took orders in the Scottish Episcopal Church , and in 1777 became pastor of a congregation in Glasgow . In 1782 he pub- lished ' Velina , a Poetical Fragment , ' in Spenser's stanza . This volume was succeeded by a novel ...
... Edinburgh , he took orders in the Scottish Episcopal Church , and in 1777 became pastor of a congregation in Glasgow . In 1782 he pub- lished ' Velina , a Poetical Fragment , ' in Spenser's stanza . This volume was succeeded by a novel ...
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