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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... present compara- tive state of correctness and authenticity : the highest points at which such a work can aim . My thanks are particularly due to the following gentlemen : JOHN ROGERS , Esq . of Yarlington Lodge , near Wincanton ...
... present compara- tive state of correctness and authenticity : the highest points at which such a work can aim . My thanks are particularly due to the following gentlemen : JOHN ROGERS , Esq . of Yarlington Lodge , near Wincanton ...
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... present , afterwards endowed it with lands to the value of 300l . per The archbishop , being in a declining state of health , used in the summer to go to Hampshire for the sake of recreation ; and being in- vited by lord Zouch to hunt ...
... present , afterwards endowed it with lands to the value of 300l . per The archbishop , being in a declining state of health , used in the summer to go to Hampshire for the sake of recreation ; and being in- vited by lord Zouch to hunt ...
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... present State of the War , & c . The Whig Examiner ; and The Trial of Count Tariff , " all which trafts , being on temporary topics , expired with the subjects which gave them birth . When the house of Hanover took possession of the ...
... present State of the War , & c . The Whig Examiner ; and The Trial of Count Tariff , " all which trafts , being on temporary topics , expired with the subjects which gave them birth . When the house of Hanover took possession of the ...
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... present at a he , " cannot I take my subjects sermon in the great church of Va- money when I want it , without all lencia on the day of the Assumption this formality in parliament ? " The of the blessed Virgin , in 1417. bishop of ...
... present at a he , " cannot I take my subjects sermon in the great church of Va- money when I want it , without all lencia on the day of the Assumption this formality in parliament ? " The of the blessed Virgin , in 1417. bishop of ...
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... present it to him of the company whom he thought most likely to be pope ; he presented it to the cardinal de Me . dicis , and made an eulogium upon him in verse . This cardinal , who was pope some years afterwards under the name of Pius ...
... present it to him of the company whom he thought most likely to be pope ; he presented it to the cardinal de Me . dicis , and made an eulogium upon him in verse . This cardinal , who was pope some years afterwards under the name of Pius ...
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