Necrology of Alumni of Harvard College, 1851-52 to 1862-63 |
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Page 137 - In 1808 the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Union College, and in 1814 by Dartmouth.
Page 243 - He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Harvard College. He cherished an ardent affection for the places of his education, Harvard College and Phillips, Exeter Academy.
Page 360 - From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Page 303 - In 1837, he received the degree of MD from the University of Pennsylvania, in...
Page 375 - Michigan, and soon afterwards was admitted to the bar. He began the practice of his profession in...
Page 318 - Boston, where he continued in the practice of his profession, until his death, which occurred in July, 1828, at the age of seventy-four years.
Page 99 - ... society for the relief of widows and orphans of deceased clergymen, annually, until otherwise ordered, for the support and education of the son of the deceased, although the latter was not a member of the society, and therefore his son was not entitled to any thing from its funds.
Page 388 - Russell studied law in the office of his father and was admitted to the bar in 1844, with license to practise in the supreme court and court of chancery of New York.
Page 180 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 252 - ... with my Transatlantic treasures lying around me, I was like one pining from hunger in the midst of abundance. In this state I resolved to make the ear, if possible, do the work of the eye. I procured the services of a secretary, who read to me the various authorities; and in time I became so far familiar with the sounds of the different foreign languages (to some of which, indeed, I had been previously accustomed by a residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty.
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The Young Composers: Composition's Beginnings in Nineteenth-Century Schools Lucille M. Schultz No preview available - 1999 |
The Young Composers: Composition's Beginnings in Nineteenth-Century Schools Lucille M. Schultz No preview available - 1999 |