Publisher's Synopsis
Questo libro di storia potrebbe contenere numerosi refusi e parti di testo mancanti. Solitamente gli acquirenti hanno la possibilita di scaricare gratuitamente una copia scansionata del libro originale (senza refusi) direttamente dall'editore. Il libro e Non illustrato. 1872 edition. Estratto: ...M'Farlan, D.D., Principal of the University of Glasgow. "glasgow, 1th November 1839. "Induced by desire to promote the glory of God, the good of the Church of which I have the honour to be a Minister, the welfare of the house of Israel, and the interests of Eastern Learning, I take the liberty of offering myself as a Candidate for the Chair of Oriental Languages in the University of Glasgow. Assured that these interests are dear to the Electors, if I fail, I shall be cheered by the consideration that Sparta has found a better man. If honoured by the choice of the Faculties, I shall strive to evince my gratitude by constant remembrance of the adage, 'Spartam, quam nactus es, orna.' "I am, Very Reverend Sir, your most obedient Servant, "john Duncan." "To the Eight Honourable Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., Lord Rector, The Dean of Faculty, The Very Reverend the Principal, and the Professors of the Faculties, of the University of Glasgow. "Having been induced, upon public grounds, stated in my letter of application to the Very Rev. the Principal, to offer myself as a Candidate for the Chair of Oriental Languages in the University of Glasgow, and being placed in the somewhat untoward situation of a person who feels more conscious of fitness to grant certificates, than cognisant of individuals from whom it would beseem him to receive, I adventure--not unaware how little is in ordinary circumstances held due to one's testimony concerning himself--to submit the following Profession of acquirements in the department of Oriental learning. "For upwards of fifteen years I have been a daily and delighted student of the Hebrew Bible, and during the last twelve I have contracted a..."