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... success of one of his friends who had encouraged this taste , cured him of it , and for two years he directed his atten- tion to commerce . At the end of this time an intimate friend of his father persuaded him to study medicine , and 1 ...
... success of one of his friends who had encouraged this taste , cured him of it , and for two years he directed his atten- tion to commerce . At the end of this time an intimate friend of his father persuaded him to study medicine , and 1 ...
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... success of his cause ; but the youth , whose thirst of science was already conspicuous , shewed less attention to the particulars of the lawsuit , than desire to be acquainted with what concerned the service of an engineer ; and being ...
... success of his cause ; but the youth , whose thirst of science was already conspicuous , shewed less attention to the particulars of the lawsuit , than desire to be acquainted with what concerned the service of an engineer ; and being ...
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... success until 1791 , when he returned to York . Here he met with the most flattering encouragement ; but his ardent attention to his professional duties and studies was considerably in- terrupted in July 1793 , by an attack of a painful ...
... success until 1791 , when he returned to York . Here he met with the most flattering encouragement ; but his ardent attention to his professional duties and studies was considerably in- terrupted in July 1793 , by an attack of a painful ...
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... successful , and he was obliged to submit to the conse- quences . In 1684 Fox again visited the continent , and upon his return he found his health and spirits too much impaired by incessant fatigues , and almost perpetual per ...
... successful , and he was obliged to submit to the conse- quences . In 1684 Fox again visited the continent , and upon his return he found his health and spirits too much impaired by incessant fatigues , and almost perpetual per ...
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... successful . Having been translated in 1492 from the see of Exeter to that of Bath and Wells , he was in 1494 removed to that of Durham . In 1497 , the castle of Norham being threatened by the king of Scotland , the bishop caused it to ...
... successful . Having been translated in 1492 from the see of Exeter to that of Bath and Wells , he was in 1494 removed to that of Durham . In 1497 , the castle of Norham being threatened by the king of Scotland , the bishop caused it to ...
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