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Page 38
... Adam Hunter , states that Abercrombie's brain weighed 63 oz . , being only a little less than the weight of Cuvier's . A list of his early papers is given in Raige- Delorme and Dechambre's ' Dict . Encycl . des sciences médicales ...
... Adam Hunter , states that Abercrombie's brain weighed 63 oz . , being only a little less than the weight of Cuvier's . A list of his early papers is given in Raige- Delorme and Dechambre's ' Dict . Encycl . des sciences médicales ...
Page 55
... ( Adams ) escaped . Those who fell a sacrifice to the pestilence were Mr. Justice Abney , who died 19 May ; Mr. Baron Clarke , who died on the 17th ; Sir Samuel Pennant , lord mayor ; and alder- man Sir Daniel Lambert ; besides several of ...
... ( Adams ) escaped . Those who fell a sacrifice to the pestilence were Mr. Justice Abney , who died 19 May ; Mr. Baron Clarke , who died on the 17th ; Sir Samuel Pennant , lord mayor ; and alder- man Sir Daniel Lambert ; besides several of ...
Page 75
... ADAM ANGLICUS is identified by Tanner with Adam Angligena [ see ADAM ANGLI- GENA ] . Quetif , on the other hand , contends that he is none other than Adam Goddam , and in support of his position quotes the opening words of the so - called ...
... ADAM ANGLICUS is identified by Tanner with Adam Angligena [ see ADAM ANGLI- GENA ] . Quetif , on the other hand , contends that he is none other than Adam Goddam , and in support of his position quotes the opening words of the so - called ...
Page 76
... Adam de Parvo- Ponte , then , was a canon of Paris in 1147 , and considered an adept in the science of dialectics . In 1175 , when Godfrey , bishop of St. Asaph , was driven from his see by the enmity of the Welsh , we read ... Adam Adam 76.
... Adam de Parvo- Ponte , then , was a canon of Paris in 1147 , and considered an adept in the science of dialectics . In 1175 , when Godfrey , bishop of St. Asaph , was driven from his see by the enmity of the Welsh , we read ... Adam Adam 76.
Page 77
... Adam extorted the spanin from fifteen cows , from twelve , from ten . The Northmen remonstrated and appealed in vain at length an angry mob sought the bishop at the episcopal manor of Halkirk in Thorsdale . He sent out Rafn ... Adam Adam 77.
... Adam extorted the spanin from fifteen cows , from twelve , from ten . The Northmen remonstrated and appealed in vain at length an angry mob sought the bishop at the episcopal manor of Halkirk in Thorsdale . He sent out Rafn ... Adam Adam 77.
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