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  • His lordship reminded Father M'Cormick that ships could not ascend the Tiber; but the father, who had probably forgotten this circumstance, met the objection with a bold front, and declared he saw that it would come to pass notwithstanding.

    The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

  • M'Cormick, Father, of Wigan, men on way to Chester raid go to Confession

    The Life Story of an Old Rebel John Denvir

  • D. M'Cormick, Frank Wynne, Albert Croft, three other artists whose names I now forget and I once had a glorious supper of fried fish served in a newspaper on the floor of an empty studio.

    The Private Life of Henry Maitland Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942 1912

  • W.B. M'Cormick, formerly of the editorial staff of the Army and Navy Journal, reviewing this book for the New York Herald (28 May 1922) said:

    When Winter Comes to Main Street Grant Martin Overton 1908

  • Mr. M'George says the first dinner of two courses ever given in Glasgow was given in 1786; and Principal M'Cormick of St. Andrews, writing Dr. Carlyle about that date, praises the dinner-parties of St. Andrews to the skies, but says nobody gave two courses except Mr.. Prebendary Berkeley, and Mr.. Prebendary Berkeley was the daughter-in-law of a bishop.

    Life of Adam Smith Rae, John, 1845-1915 1895

  • M'Cormick, now Rector of St. James's, Piccadilly, are reproduced in _The

    Samuel Butler: a sketch Henry Festing Jones 1889

  • He also steered the Lady Margaret first boat, and Canon M'Cormick told me of a mishap that occurred on the last night of the races in 1857.

    Samuel Butler: a sketch Henry Festing Jones 1889

  • Margaret had been head of the river since 1854, Canon M'Cormick was rowing 5, P.ilip P.nnant P.arson (afterwards P. P.nnant) was 7, Canon

    Samuel Butler: a sketch Henry Festing Jones 1889

  • Canon M'Cormick told me that he would no doubt have been higher but for the fact that he at first intended to go out in mathematics; it was only during the last year of his time that he returned to the classics, and his being so high as he was spoke well for the classical education of Shrewsbury.

    Samuel Butler: a sketch Henry Festing Jones 1889

  • I found no reason from this additional survey to change my opinion; but on going further towards the head of Lake Erie, I discovered an extensive tract of Government land, which for some years had been granted to a Mr. M'Cormick upon certain conditions, and which he had rented out to settlers.

    Josiah: The Maimed Fugitive. A True Tale 1873

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