A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and NationLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - 454 страница |
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... formed that some of his subjects had routed a great army of the Danes , feated them at Æthendune , nɔw Ed- dington , in Wiltshire . - Elfred en- joyed a - profound peace during the last three years of his reign , which he chiefly ...
... formed that some of his subjects had routed a great army of the Danes , feated them at Æthendune , nɔw Ed- dington , in Wiltshire . - Elfred en- joyed a - profound peace during the last three years of his reign , which he chiefly ...
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... formed some year . He had very uncommon parts necromantic inscription , and said and learning , a strong and enlarged to him- Get away , thou wretch . way of thinking ; and was one of ed beast , which art the cause of my innumerable ...
... formed some year . He had very uncommon parts necromantic inscription , and said and learning , a strong and enlarged to him- Get away , thou wretch . way of thinking ; and was one of ed beast , which art the cause of my innumerable ...
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... formed a head with of the Saxon heptarchy . He is said springs capable of articulate sounds . to have been the first Englishman who Albert died at Cologne , Nov. 15 , ever wrote in Latin , and who in 1280 , having written such a ...
... formed a head with of the Saxon heptarchy . He is said springs capable of articulate sounds . to have been the first Englishman who Albert died at Cologne , Nov. 15 , ever wrote in Latin , and who in 1280 , having written such a ...
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... formed the ad triumvirate , as it has usually been called . When these three con- ferred , they would easily be per- suaded that the patriots wanted only to destroy them all , which could ANVILLE ( JOHN BAPTIST BOURIGNON D ' ) a most ...
... formed the ad triumvirate , as it has usually been called . When these three con- ferred , they would easily be per- suaded that the patriots wanted only to destroy them all , which could ANVILLE ( JOHN BAPTIST BOURIGNON D ' ) a most ...
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... formed schemes for finding the academy's expence . The seve - the longitude , which he sent in ral admirable works which he af- January 1735 to the Royal Society terwards executed , in Russia as at London ; and though these schemes well ...
... formed schemes for finding the academy's expence . The seve - the longitude , which he sent in ral admirable works which he af- January 1735 to the Royal Society terwards executed , in Russia as at London ; and though these schemes well ...
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