Dictionary of National Biography, Volum 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 |
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... Edinburgh to study medicine . At Edinburgh he was noted as one of the most distinguished students of his period , not only in medicine , but in philosophy ; he became a favourite pupil and intimate friend of Dugald Stewart , and after ...
... Edinburgh to study medicine . At Edinburgh he was noted as one of the most distinguished students of his period , not only in medicine , but in philosophy ; he became a favourite pupil and intimate friend of Dugald Stewart , and after ...
Pàgina 22
... Edinburgh on 9 Aug. 1769. A portrait of him is cata- logued in Evans's ' Engraved Portraits ' ( Brit . Mus . Cat . , subd , v . ) , London , 1836–53 . [ Anderson's Scottish Nation ( Edinb . 1859-63 ) , ii . 66 ; Watt's Bibl . Brit ...
... Edinburgh on 9 Aug. 1769. A portrait of him is cata- logued in Evans's ' Engraved Portraits ' ( Brit . Mus . Cat . , subd , v . ) , London , 1836–53 . [ Anderson's Scottish Nation ( Edinb . 1859-63 ) , ii . 66 ; Watt's Bibl . Brit ...
Pàgina 23
... Edinburgh Castle , for which he had five hundred merks a year as salary ( Exchequer Rolls , 1372 , ii . 393 , iii . 66-87 ) . In this capacity he continued the buildings of David's tower , begun in the former reign , and received ...
... Edinburgh Castle , for which he had five hundred merks a year as salary ( Exchequer Rolls , 1372 , ii . 393 , iii . 66-87 ) . In this capacity he continued the buildings of David's tower , begun in the former reign , and received ...
Pàgina 24
... Edinburgh , where he besieged the castle , but declining a personal combat offered by Rothesay , and unable to take the castle , he returned home . Albany , it is probable , had supported the Earl of March , while the queen and council ...
... Edinburgh , where he besieged the castle , but declining a personal combat offered by Rothesay , and unable to take the castle , he returned home . Albany , it is probable , had supported the Earl of March , while the queen and council ...
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... Edinburgh , was born there 27 June 1687. His father is de- scribed as a ' factor ' in Edinburgh , where Drummond was educated . He displayed at an early age a considerable aptitude for figures , and is said to have made in his ...
... Edinburgh , was born there 27 June 1687. His father is de- scribed as a ' factor ' in Edinburgh , where Drummond was educated . He displayed at an early age a considerable aptitude for figures , and is said to have made in his ...
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Pàgina 63 - But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Pàgina 122 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Pàgina 210 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Pàgina 66 - The Hind and the Panther transversed to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse,' printed in 1687, in 4to, in answer to Dryden's ' Hind and Panther,
Pàgina 12 - Reasons of Faith ; or, the Order of the Christian Argument Developed and Explained. By the Rev. GS DREW, MA Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 8vo.
Pàgina 209 - Dunning and myself,' added he, ' we were generous, for we gave the girl who waited on us a penny a piece ; but Kenyon, who always knew the value of money, sometimes rewarded her with a halfpenny, and sometimes with a promise.
Pàgina 339 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Pàgina 22 - Ixiv. 467) to copies of proposals for carrying on certain public works in the city of Edinburgh...
Pàgina 81 - Some account of the Alien Priories, and of such Lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales,
Pàgina 194 - Bibliotheca theologica,' NY, 1883 : upon ethics in Fr. Jodl's 'Geschichte der Ethik,' Stuttg., 1882-89: and upon psychology in LN Wilson's 'Bibliography of child-study,' Worcester, Mass., 1898-1901, and especially in 'The index catalogue of the library of the SurgeonGeneral's Office,