The Scottish Review, Volume 23A. Gardner, 1894 - Scotland |
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... minds when in pain or weakness . One's doctor may make all the difference whether life is worth living or not . He is welcome when no one else is admitted . Not only his knowledge and skill and practical resource , but his tone of mind ...
... minds when in pain or weakness . One's doctor may make all the difference whether life is worth living or not . He is welcome when no one else is admitted . Not only his knowledge and skill and practical resource , but his tone of mind ...
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... mind eager to question , and , if possible , to penetrate the occult secrets of life . that have fascinated and puzzled the greatest minds among mankind in all civilized ages . Surgery and medicine , the technical parts of his course ...
... mind eager to question , and , if possible , to penetrate the occult secrets of life . that have fascinated and puzzled the greatest minds among mankind in all civilized ages . Surgery and medicine , the technical parts of his course ...
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... mind and fevers , all claim some attention , and all are pushing their importance on him . Let any man go with a doctor in busy general practice , for a week , and see what he has to do each day , and the problems he has to solve , and ...
... mind and fevers , all claim some attention , and all are pushing their importance on him . Let any man go with a doctor in busy general practice , for a week , and see what he has to do each day , and the problems he has to solve , and ...
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... mind when estimating the system , that in Edin- burgh the professors derived their incomes chiefly from their students ' fees , and in proportion as these students were attracted to the extra mural teachers the professor's income fell ...
... mind when estimating the system , that in Edin- burgh the professors derived their incomes chiefly from their students ' fees , and in proportion as these students were attracted to the extra mural teachers the professor's income fell ...
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... mind . There is something due to the fact that the profession of Medicine is free to all men , is hampered by no artificial obstructions , and is open to men of small means , and that when men enter it they have a fair field and no ...
... mind . There is something due to the fact that the profession of Medicine is free to all men , is hampered by no artificial obstructions , and is open to men of small means , and that when men enter it they have a fair field and no ...
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Page 247 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of power, assembled there, complain For kindred power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Page 174 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 167 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and uf in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things; and we by him.
Page 174 - Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
Page 236 - In politics, a bitter and unscrupulous partisan ; profuse and ostentatious in expense ; agitated by the hopes and fears of a gambler; perpetually sacrificing the perfection of his compositions, and the durability of his fame, to his eagerness for money...
Page 230 - I did so fast, that the last two volumes were written in three weeks. I had a great deal of fun in the accomplishment of this task, though I do not expect that it will be popular in the south, as much of the humor, if there be any, is local, and some of it even professional.
Page 237 - received several excuses, and the party was a small one ; " and, knowing all the people present, I was satisfied that " the writer of that novel must have been, and could have " been, no other than Walter Scott. " He spoiled the fame of his poetry by his superior " prose. He has such extent and versatility of powers in " writing, that, should his Novels ever tire the public, " which is not likely, he will apply himself to something " else, and succeed as well. " His mottoes from old plays prove...
Page 245 - And if they take my salaries of £1300 and £300, they cannot but give me something out of them. I have been rash in anticipating funds to buy land, but then I made from £5000 to £10,000 a year, and land was my temptation.
Page 118 - When I was a boy just turn'd of nine, My uncle sent for me, To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him, And keep him companie.
Page 230 - It was a very old attempt of mine to embody some traits of those characters and manners peculiar to Scotland, the last remnants of which vanished during my own youth, so that few or no traces now remain.