A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volume 2T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... studies , addressed to him a treatife On the means of avoiding the infirmities of old age ( c ) . What effect this treatise had on the pope does not appear . But , towards the latter end of his reign , Bacon , by Dr. Jebb the ...
... studies , addressed to him a treatife On the means of avoiding the infirmities of old age ( c ) . What effect this treatise had on the pope does not appear . But , towards the latter end of his reign , Bacon , by Dr. Jebb the ...
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... study of the common law , and for that purpose seated Rawley . himself in Gray's Inn . At the age of twenty - eight he was Dugdale . chofen by that honourable fociety for their lent - reader , and af- See his letter terwards their ...
... study of the common law , and for that purpose seated Rawley . himself in Gray's Inn . At the age of twenty - eight he was Dugdale . chofen by that honourable fociety for their lent - reader , and af- See his letter terwards their ...
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... studies : his disappointment even funk Dr. Birch's fo deep into his fpirit , that he was on the point of hiding his Mem . of Q. grief and refentment in fome foreign country ; but was di- Elizabeth . verted from his purpose by his ...
... studies : his disappointment even funk Dr. Birch's fo deep into his fpirit , that he was on the point of hiding his Mem . of Q. grief and refentment in fome foreign country ; but was di- Elizabeth . verted from his purpose by his ...
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... study of logic and philofophy . Fiom edit . 1721 . thence he removed to one of the inns of court in Lon- vol . ii . don , and afterwards travelled into foreign parts , in order to col . 71 . complete his education . In 1594 , he was ...
... study of logic and philofophy . Fiom edit . 1721 . thence he removed to one of the inns of court in Lon- vol . ii . don , and afterwards travelled into foreign parts , in order to col . 71 . complete his education . In 1594 , he was ...
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... study , he entered into orders , and was made canon of Rofs and archdeacon of Mur- He likewife obtained the office of clerk - regifter to the ray ; court of chancery , which his father had enjoyed before him ; but this he held only ...
... study , he entered into orders , and was made canon of Rofs and archdeacon of Mur- He likewife obtained the office of clerk - regifter to the ray ; court of chancery , which his father had enjoyed before him ; but this he held only ...
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