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... Adam Hunter , states that Abercrombie's brain weighed 63 oz . , being only a little less than the weight of Cuvier's . A list of his early papers is given in Raige- Delorme and Dechambre's ' Dict . Encycl . des sciences médicales ...
... Adam Hunter , states that Abercrombie's brain weighed 63 oz . , being only a little less than the weight of Cuvier's . A list of his early papers is given in Raige- Delorme and Dechambre's ' Dict . Encycl . des sciences médicales ...
Page 55
... ( Adams ) escaped . Those who fell a sacrifice to the pestilence were Mr. Justice Abney , who died 19 May ; Mr. Baron Clarke , who died on the 17th ; Sir Samuel Pennant , lord mayor ; and alder- 6 man Sir Daniel Lambert ; besides several ...
... ( Adams ) escaped . Those who fell a sacrifice to the pestilence were Mr. Justice Abney , who died 19 May ; Mr. Baron Clarke , who died on the 17th ; Sir Samuel Pennant , lord mayor ; and alder- 6 man Sir Daniel Lambert ; besides several ...
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... ADAM ANGLICUS is identified by Tanner with Adam Angligena [ see ADAM ANGLI- GENA ] . Quetif , on the other hand , contends that he is none other than Adam Goddam , and in support of his position quotes the opening words of the so - called ...
... ADAM ANGLICUS is identified by Tanner with Adam Angligena [ see ADAM ANGLI- GENA ] . Quetif , on the other hand , contends that he is none other than Adam Goddam , and in support of his position quotes the opening words of the so - called ...
Page 76
... Adam is coupled with Abelard as one of the typical teachers of the age ; and later ( iv . 3 ) is condemned for displaying in his ' Ars Dis- serendi ' an over - subtlety and verbiage which friends might perhaps attribute to ... Adam Adam 76.
... Adam is coupled with Abelard as one of the typical teachers of the age ; and later ( iv . 3 ) is condemned for displaying in his ' Ars Dis- serendi ' an over - subtlety and verbiage which friends might perhaps attribute to ... Adam Adam 76.
Page 77
... Adam's writings , which embraced treatises on the Old Testament as well as the New , there were existing at Sherborne in Leland's time : ' De Naturâ divinâ et hu- manâ ' ( verse ) , De Serie Sex Etatum ' ( verse ) , Super ... Adam Adam 77.
... Adam's writings , which embraced treatises on the Old Testament as well as the New , there were existing at Sherborne in Leland's time : ' De Naturâ divinâ et hu- manâ ' ( verse ) , De Serie Sex Etatum ' ( verse ) , Super ... Adam Adam 77.
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