Biographia Scotica; or, Scottish biographical dictionary |
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... Montrose , and was edu cated at Aberdeen , where he received his degree in physic . His father was an episcopal clergyman in Scotland , nearly allied to the noble family of Ar- buthnot . On his removal to | Hampstead , in AND ARB.
... Montrose , and was edu cated at Aberdeen , where he received his degree in physic . His father was an episcopal clergyman in Scotland , nearly allied to the noble family of Ar- buthnot . On his removal to | Hampstead , in AND ARB.
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... noble fortitude of mind at the approach of his dissolu- tion , as could be inspired only by a clear conscience , and the calm retrospect of an uninter rupted series of virtue . " I have nothing " he says , " to repay my friends with at ...
... noble fortitude of mind at the approach of his dissolu- tion , as could be inspired only by a clear conscience , and the calm retrospect of an uninter rupted series of virtue . " I have nothing " he says , " to repay my friends with at ...
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... noble disdain and abhorrence of vice which you seem naturally endued with , but still with a due regard to your own safety ; and study more to reform than chastise , though the one cannot be effected without the other . A recovery in my ...
... noble disdain and abhorrence of vice which you seem naturally endued with , but still with a due regard to your own safety ; and study more to reform than chastise , though the one cannot be effected without the other . A recovery in my ...
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... noble design , that she es- poused it with particular zeal : and king William readily con- curring with her majesty , a pa- tent was passed for erecting and endowing a college , by the name of the William and Mary col- lege , of which ...
... noble design , that she es- poused it with particular zeal : and king William readily con- curring with her majesty , a pa- tent was passed for erecting and endowing a college , by the name of the William and Mary col- lege , of which ...
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... noble . His father died of the wards , at the baths of Porretta stone in the flower of his age ; in Italy . On his return to Eu- his grandfather survived a short rope , Mr. Bruce was received time , but his affairs suffered a with all ...
... noble . His father died of the wards , at the baths of Porretta stone in the flower of his age ; in Italy . On his return to Eu- his grandfather survived a short rope , Mr. Bruce was received time , but his affairs suffered a with all ...
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