 | Adam Anderson - Commerce - 1801 - 810 pages
...Sloanc, Baronet, deceafed, having, through the «« courfe of many years, with great labour and expence, gathered together whatever could be *' procured either...own or foreign countries that was rare and curious, by a codicil, " bearing date the. twentieth of July 1749, (after having exprefTcd his defi-re, that... | |
 | William Jardine - Birds - 1836 - 384 pages
...youth a strong inclination to the study of plants, and all other productions of nature ; and having, through the course of many years, with great labour...own or foreign countries, that was rare and curious ; and being fully convinced that nothing tends more to raise our ideas of the power, wisdom, goodness,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1836 - 498 pages
...youth a strong inclination to the study of plants, and all other productions ot nature, and having through the course of many years, with great labour...expense, gathered together whatever could be procured, cither in our own or foreign countries, that was rare and curious, and being fully convinced that nothing... | |
 | William Jardine - Pachydermata - 1856 - 380 pages
...youth a strong inclination to the study of plants, and all other productions of nature ; and having, through the course of many years, with great labour...own or foreign countries, that was rare and curious ; and being fully convinced that nothing tends more to raise our ideas of the power, wisdom, goodness,... | |
 | English literature - 1866 - 612 pages
...legalised the lottery — he had ' through the course of many years, with great labour ' and expence, gathered together whatever could be procured, ' either...or foreign countries, that was rare and ' curious,' at a cost, it is said, of 50,0001. In 1749 he had made a codicil to his will, in which he expressed... | |
 | Edward Edwards - Book collectors - 1870 - 820 pages
...my youth a strong inclination to the study of plants and all other productions of nature, and having through the course of many years, with great labour...own or foreign countries that was rare and curious ; and being fully convinced that nothing tends more to raise our ideas of the power, wisdom, goodness,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1766 - 600 pages
...county of VV Middlefex baronet, having^ through the conrfe of many years , with great labour and expence gathered together whatever could be procured either...own or foreign countries^ that was rare and curious, did) by a codicil bearing date the twentieth day of July in the year of our ^ Lord one th ou f and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1140 pages
...Sloanc is iherein stated, " through the course of many years, with greal labour and expense, to have gathered together whatever could be procured, either...or foreign countries, that was rare and curious." In order lo buy his collections and found the museum a lottery of £300,000 was authorized, divided... | |
 | British Museum (Natural History) - British Museum (Natural History) - 1913 - 150 pages
...Physicians, S oane' and in 1727 succeeded Sir Isaac Newtou. in the Presidential Chair of the Royal Society. He was throughout his long life a diligent...great labour and expense, gathered together whatever eould be procured, either in our own or foreign countries, that was rare and curious." His collection,... | |
 | Gertrude Burford Rawlings - Libraries - 1916 - 240 pages
...youth, a strong inclination to the study of plants and all other productions of nature, and having through the course of many years with great labour...gathered together whatever could be procured either in my own or foreign countries that was rare and curious, and being fully convinced that nothing tends... | |
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Having had from my youth a strong inclination to the study of plants, and all other productions of nature ; and having, through the course of many years, with great labour and expense, gathered together whatever could be procured, either in our own or... 