Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, BartW. Blackwood, 1869 - 458 sider |
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... personality are usually best conveyed in the words of those who felt them . The present Work professes to be merely biographical . It was , at the same time , impossible , from the nature of the life portrayed , to do justice to the.
... personality are usually best conveyed in the words of those who felt them . The present Work professes to be merely biographical . It was , at the same time , impossible , from the nature of the life portrayed , to do justice to the.
Side 2
... present magni- tude . Though the tide of its commercial greatness had un- mistakably set in , Glasgow still retained many of the character- istics of an ancient university town . The " tobacco lords , " as its first traders of note were ...
... present magni- tude . Though the tide of its commercial greatness had un- mistakably set in , Glasgow still retained many of the character- istics of an ancient university town . The " tobacco lords , " as its first traders of note were ...
Side 4
... when , with mingled feelings of complacency and regret , the alumni of the University will abandon local associations for present amenity . ence the imagination of young William Hamilton ; and it 4 THE HAMILTONS OF AIRDRIE .
... when , with mingled feelings of complacency and regret , the alumni of the University will abandon local associations for present amenity . ence the imagination of young William Hamilton ; and it 4 THE HAMILTONS OF AIRDRIE .
Side 11
... present to him only the grotesque side of the small , though often irritating , disagreeables of life , and thus turn them into sources of pleasantry for himself and his friends . The pre- mature death of one who had united so many of ...
... present to him only the grotesque side of the small , though often irritating , disagreeables of life , and thus turn them into sources of pleasantry for himself and his friends . The pre- mature death of one who had united so many of ...
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... tioners in the last and present centuries embraces many names of distinction , but none that can be placed alongside of William Hamilton , saving only that of Adam Smith . From the time of his entrance at Balliol , Hamilton.
... tioners in the last and present centuries embraces many names of distinction , but none that can be placed alongside of William Hamilton , saving only that of Adam Smith . From the time of his entrance at Balliol , Hamilton.
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Side 403 - MY days among the Dead are past ; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old: My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.