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... soon formed an intimacy with , and became the particular friend and associate of Koenig * , a celebrated German botanist , whose reputation and abilities had obtained for him a kind , and even munificent reception in the east . Warren ...
... soon formed an intimacy with , and became the particular friend and associate of Koenig * , a celebrated German botanist , whose reputation and abilities had obtained for him a kind , and even munificent reception in the east . Warren ...
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... soon after communicated to the world , through the medium of the Asiatic Researches . In the course of his assiduous enquiries , he discovered new substitutes for both hemp and flax , superior to those already mentioned ; and as he was ...
... soon after communicated to the world , through the medium of the Asiatic Researches . In the course of his assiduous enquiries , he discovered new substitutes for both hemp and flax , superior to those already mentioned ; and as he was ...
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... soon became visible . To counteract these he had recourse to sea voyages ; and his frequent returns to Europe were generally attended with the most beneficial effects . At the Cape of Good Hope he was doubly refreshed , as both body and ...
... soon became visible . To counteract these he had recourse to sea voyages ; and his frequent returns to Europe were generally attended with the most beneficial effects . At the Cape of Good Hope he was doubly refreshed , as both body and ...
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... soon procured for him a Buckinghamshire demyship at Magdalen college ; this was followed , after a decent interval , by a fellow- ship of Brazen Nose , the latter of which was obtained in 1764 . Four years after this he became a ...
... soon procured for him a Buckinghamshire demyship at Magdalen college ; this was followed , after a decent interval , by a fellow- ship of Brazen Nose , the latter of which was obtained in 1764 . Four years after this he became a ...
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... Soon after this he proceeded to the degrees of bachelor and doctor of divinity , which were conferred January 26 , 1786 . After a short and portentous contest , the star of the House of Grenville was once more in the ascendant , shed ...
... Soon after this he proceeded to the degrees of bachelor and doctor of divinity , which were conferred January 26 , 1786 . After a short and portentous contest , the star of the House of Grenville was once more in the ascendant , shed ...
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