| Michael Thomas Sadler - 1828 - 496 páginas
...divinity, humanity, and policy of the principle advocated, are unanswerable. To the honour of its author, he was one of the first, if not the very first to propose the extension of the system of poor-laws to Ireland : his proposition may be awhile longer... | |
| 1843 - 644 páginas
...volunteered his services, 492 493 helped by his pen to establish the constitution under which we live, aa he was one of the first, if not the very first to make a proposition for its formation, which he did in 1785, in his " Sketches of American Policy ;"... | |
| Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1846 - 260 páginas
...the kingdom, on pain of imprisonment or death. But he was right well employed at the court of Spain. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to start the project of an " Irish College " on the Continent. Thus originating a class of institutions... | |
| New general biographical dictionary - 1848 - 524 páginas
...sublime. Ali repaid this kindness with the most ardent gratitude. When Mohammed announced his mission, he was one of the first, if not the very first, to proclaim himself his disciple, and thenceforward he adhered to the perilous fortunes of Islamism with... | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1873 - 742 páginas
...Nantucket. "With a small spy-glass he caught an early sight of Halley's comet, at its last return in 1835. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to see it in this country. Mr. Mitchell was familiar also with meteorological phenomena, of which he kept... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 522 páginas
...tublime. Ali repaid this kindness with the most ardent gratitude. When Mohammed announced his mission, he was one of the first, if not the very first, to proclaim himself his disciple, and thenceforward he adhered to the perilous fortunes of Islamism with... | |
| Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1857 - 264 páginas
...the kingdom, on pain of imprisonment or death. But he was right well employed at the court of Spain. He was one of the first, if not the very first, to start the project of an " Irish College " on the Continent. Thus originating a class of institutions... | |
| Job Otis - 1861 - 326 páginas
...him converse ; he goes to the root of the matter in primitive simplicity, and on ancient ground ! " He was one of the first, if not the very first, to detect and expose the errors and departures which now have reached such an enormous growth, in their... | |
| J. W. Bright - 1871 - 202 páginas
...Cancerous and Cancroid Growths, published in 1849, gives us the following passage, which shows that he was one of the first, if not the very first, to point atttention to the fact of cancer being acted upon by acetic acid and other agents. He says :... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 482 páginas
...observations on the tides, the barometer, weather, and winds, the MSS. of which are in the x Athenaeum and Lyceum Libraries. From these were obtained the...in 1820, in the 86th year of his age. Dr. Michael Renwick was also an eminent physician in the town during many years. William Everard, an architect... | |
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