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an edition of Terence in duodecimo , the whole of which he set up and corrected
himself , and for which the prize was awarded to his masters , as the work was
published under their names . This medal is of silver , and of considerable size .
an edition of Terence in duodecimo , the whole of which he set up and corrected
himself , and for which the prize was awarded to his masters , as the work was
published under their names . This medal is of silver , and of considerable size .
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And the whole twelve were afterwards published in one volume , and quickly
passed through three editions . After his decease , two volumes of sermons and
other miscellaneous pieces were published , which complete the series of his ...
And the whole twelve were afterwards published in one volume , and quickly
passed through three editions . After his decease , two volumes of sermons and
other miscellaneous pieces were published , which complete the series of his ...
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The first number of this work in English was published in January 1789 , in a style
of elegance , both as to printing and engraving , to which the public was then little
accustomed ; being among the first of those expensive publications which ...
The first number of this work in English was published in January 1789 , in a style
of elegance , both as to printing and engraving , to which the public was then little
accustomed ; being among the first of those expensive publications which ...
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prize medal , given by the Professor for the best botanical dissertation , in the
following year , when he presented his Dissertation on the Sexes of Plants , the
substance of which he afterwards published in the first volume of his Philosophy
of ...
prize medal , given by the Professor for the best botanical dissertation , in the
following year , when he presented his Dissertation on the Sexes of Plants , the
substance of which he afterwards published in the first volume of his Philosophy
of ...
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P . S . - A sensible man , and a particular friend of your Lordship , has given us a
review of the Sketch upon the Arts , which will be published on the first day of
May , During his intimacy with Lord Kames , Mr Smellie went one summer
evening ...
P . S . - A sensible man , and a particular friend of your Lordship , has given us a
review of the Sketch upon the Arts , which will be published on the first day of
May , During his intimacy with Lord Kames , Mr Smellie went one summer
evening ...
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Página 29 - was purposely published for the prize offered by the University of Edinburgh, and obtained it. It is an immaculate edition, unknown to the Bipont editors.
Página 339 - Parliament, was a feeling of some decline in his health, which had rather suffered from the long sittings and late hours with which the political warfare in the last had been attended. Though without any fixed disease, his strength was visibly declining; and though his spirits survived his strength, yet the vigour and activity of his mind were also considerably impaired. Both continued gradually to decline, till his death, which happened on Saturday the 9th July 1785, in the 71st year of his age.
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| Título | Memoirs of the life, writings and correspondence of W. Smellie, Volume 1 Memoirs of the life, writings and correspondence of W. Smellie, Robert Kerr |
| Autor | Robert Kerr |
| Publicado | 1811 |
| Original de | Oxford University |
| Digitalizado | 16 jun. 2006 |
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