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... London , 18 April 1689. He was called to the bar in 1668 , and soon after was chosen recorder of London . He was appointed chief justice of Chester , created a baronet in 1680 and became chief justice of King's Bench in 1682. He was one ...
... London , 18 April 1689. He was called to the bar in 1668 , and soon after was chosen recorder of London . He was appointed chief justice of Chester , created a baronet in 1680 and became chief justice of King's Bench in 1682. He was one ...
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... London . From 1868 until his death he was professor of engineering at Edinburgh Univer- sity . He was exceptionally sound as a practical engineer and his determinative work in elec- tricity was invaluable . He took up the work of ...
... London . From 1868 until his death he was professor of engineering at Edinburgh Univer- sity . He was exceptionally sound as a practical engineer and his determinative work in elec- tricity was invaluable . He took up the work of ...
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... London , 11 Dec. 1898. He was educated at University College , London , became in 1849 professor of pathological anat- omy , and in 1860 of clinical medicine in that institution , and in 1861 physician to the queen . From 1863-72 he was ...
... London , 11 Dec. 1898. He was educated at University College , London , became in 1849 professor of pathological anat- omy , and in 1860 of clinical medicine in that institution , and in 1861 physician to the queen . From 1863-72 he was ...
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... London Times in London , India and New York from 1860 until 1867 , when he be- came editor of the New York Times . He at- tacked the Tweed Ring in the columns of the Times and was largely instrumental in bringing its activities to an ...
... London Times in London , India and New York from 1860 until 1867 , when he be- came editor of the New York Times . He at- tacked the Tweed Ring in the columns of the Times and was largely instrumental in bringing its activities to an ...
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... ( London 1888-90 ) ; Lyon , M. W. , ' Comparison of the Osteology of the Jerboas and Jumping Mice ' ( Washington 1901 ) ; Lydek- ker , Royal Natural History ( Vol . III , 1895 ) . JERDAN , William , Scottish journalist : b . Kelso ...
... ( London 1888-90 ) ; Lyon , M. W. , ' Comparison of the Osteology of the Jerboas and Jumping Mice ' ( Washington 1901 ) ; Lydek- ker , Royal Natural History ( Vol . III , 1895 ) . JERDAN , William , Scottish journalist : b . Kelso ...
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Stran 104 - His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
Stran 176 - Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it...
Stran 182 - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles."* To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit.
Stran 302 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Stran 117 - The psychiatrists stepped in at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th, centuries.
Stran 232 - The judges are the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, and former Lord Chancellors.
Stran 372 - ... was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Stran 374 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Stran 189 - Any seven or more persons, or, where the company to be formed will be a private company, any two or more persons, associated for any lawful purpose may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and otherwise complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration, form an incorporated company, with or without limited liability.
Stran 184 - The test of merit in my profession, with the people, is success. It is a hard rule, but I think it right.