The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Том 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 |
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... variety of original documents , remarks , and illustrations . In fine , while here , as in one of the temples of antiquity , celebrated men , in the language of our great national bard , may at length find vi PREFACE .
... variety of original documents , remarks , and illustrations . In fine , while here , as in one of the temples of antiquity , celebrated men , in the language of our great national bard , may at length find vi PREFACE .
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of our great national bard , may at length find " a local habitation and a name ; " neither facts nor opinions shall ever be tinctured or distorted by the petty enmities of private life , or the political hostilities of the passing day ...
of our great national bard , may at length find " a local habitation and a name ; " neither facts nor opinions shall ever be tinctured or distorted by the petty enmities of private life , or the political hostilities of the passing day ...
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... length beheld one establishment at least , utterly unconnected with either avarice or ambition . William Roxburgh a native of Ayrshire , in North Britain , was born at Underwood , near Lymington , in the parish of Craigie , on the 29th ...
... length beheld one establishment at least , utterly unconnected with either avarice or ambition . William Roxburgh a native of Ayrshire , in North Britain , was born at Underwood , near Lymington , in the parish of Craigie , on the 29th ...
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... length been intro- duced into our PHARMACOPŒIAS . -In that department of natural history to which he was most attached , his zeal and industry were unequalled . His collection of drawings of Indian plants alone amounted to near 3,000 ...
... length been intro- duced into our PHARMACOPŒIAS . -In that department of natural history to which he was most attached , his zeal and industry were unequalled . His collection of drawings of Indian plants alone amounted to near 3,000 ...
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... ; but in 1786 , he was seized with a violent fever , and at length died on the 5th of February 1792 , at the age of eighty - two . for he received the rudiments of it at Derby , C 4 23 John Eardley Wilmot, Esq F R S & S.
... ; but in 1786 , he was seized with a violent fever , and at length died on the 5th of February 1792 , at the age of eighty - two . for he received the rudiments of it at Derby , C 4 23 John Eardley Wilmot, Esq F R S & S.
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