The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Volume 3, Issue 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 - Biography |
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... JOHN WOOD , Esq . Captain Beaufort , R.N. , F.R. and R.A.S. Lord Campbell . Professor Carey , A.M. John Conolly , M.D. William Coulson , Esq . The Bishop of St. David's . J. F. Davis , Esq . , F.R.S. Sir Henry De la Beche , F.R.S. ...
... JOHN WOOD , Esq . Captain Beaufort , R.N. , F.R. and R.A.S. Lord Campbell . Professor Carey , A.M. John Conolly , M.D. William Coulson , Esq . The Bishop of St. David's . J. F. Davis , Esq . , F.R.S. Sir Henry De la Beche , F.R.S. ...
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... JOHN HILL BURTON , A.M. , Advocate , Edinburgh . AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN , of Trinity College , Cambridge ; Professor of ... JOHN NARRIEN , F.R. and R.A.S. JOHN NICHOLSON , A.B. Oxon . , Ph . D. G. E. PAGET , M.D. , Fellow of Caius College ...
... JOHN HILL BURTON , A.M. , Advocate , Edinburgh . AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN , of Trinity College , Cambridge ; Professor of ... JOHN NARRIEN , F.R. and R.A.S. JOHN NICHOLSON , A.B. Oxon . , Ph . D. G. E. PAGET , M.D. , Fellow of Caius College ...
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... JOHN TATAM STANESBY . THE REVEREND ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY , A.M. , Fellow and Tutor of University College , Oxford . EDWARD TAYLOR , Gresham Professor of Music . FREDERICK ADOLPH TRENDELENBURG , Professor of the University of Berlin ...
... JOHN TATAM STANESBY . THE REVEREND ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY , A.M. , Fellow and Tutor of University College , Oxford . EDWARD TAYLOR , Gresham Professor of Music . FREDERICK ADOLPH TRENDELENBURG , Professor of the University of Berlin ...
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... John Gillies , with notes . There are special com- mentaries on this book by Joach . Ĉamerarius , Frankfort , 1581 , 4to .; and Gifanius , Frank- fort , 1608 , 8vo ; and by others . The Philosophy of Art ( ooopía rom- TUK ) forms a ...
... John Gillies , with notes . There are special com- mentaries on this book by Joach . Ĉamerarius , Frankfort , 1581 , 4to .; and Gifanius , Frank- fort , 1608 , 8vo ; and by others . The Philosophy of Art ( ooopía rom- TUK ) forms a ...
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... John Gillies , and his introductory remarks , have been useful in eradicating some false notions about Aristotle that were prevalent in England among those who were entirely un - hange , Berlin , 1835 , 1842 , 2 vols .; Fabricius ...
... John Gillies , and his introductory remarks , have been useful in eradicating some false notions about Aristotle that were prevalent in England among those who were entirely un - hange , Berlin , 1835 , 1842 , 2 vols .; Fabricius ...
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Page 729 - And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
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Page 451 - I now told him to come to me at the fort twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, to teach me other phrases, which I would write down.