The Quarterly review, Volume 36Murray, 1827 |
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... Observations on the Preparatory Education of Candi- dates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the Scot- tish Universities . Submitted to the consideration of his Majesty's Commissioners for visiting the Universities and Colleges of ...
... Observations on the Preparatory Education of Candi- dates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the Scot- tish Universities . Submitted to the consideration of his Majesty's Commissioners for visiting the Universities and Colleges of ...
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... observe " Where chief the dusky vapour throngs opaque . ' As scud the frogs at sight of hostile snake , And hie them all for safety to the shore , - So did I mark those abject spirits quake , And haste their flight by thousands : one ...
... observe " Where chief the dusky vapour throngs opaque . ' As scud the frogs at sight of hostile snake , And hie them all for safety to the shore , - So did I mark those abject spirits quake , And haste their flight by thousands : one ...
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... observed , that they had influence , direct or indirect , over no less than two - and - twenty seats in Parlia- ment ; and he insinuated , pretty plainly , that when we were better acquainted , it was highly probable I might come in on ...
... observed , that they had influence , direct or indirect , over no less than two - and - twenty seats in Parlia- ment ; and he insinuated , pretty plainly , that when we were better acquainted , it was highly probable I might come in on ...
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... observe them all converging like bees towards the small hole at which they are to enter their mine . On their arrival , the women and children , whose duty it is to dress or clean the ore , repair to the rough sheds under which they ...
... observe them all converging like bees towards the small hole at which they are to enter their mine . On their arrival , the women and children , whose duty it is to dress or clean the ore , repair to the rough sheds under which they ...
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... observe a profound veneration for the dead ; - they keep sacred the anniversary of the decease of a near relation much in the same manner as in China . They erect tombs , or small mausoleums , of clay or earth , mixed with cut straw ...
... observe a profound veneration for the dead ; - they keep sacred the anniversary of the decease of a near relation much in the same manner as in China . They erect tombs , or small mausoleums , of clay or earth , mixed with cut straw ...
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