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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... born in Notting- Biog . Brit , hamshire , educated at Trinity college in Cambridge ( of which he became fellow ) , and , July 15 , 1578 , incorporated mafter of arts at Oxford . He took his doctor's degree in divinity , and was ...
... born in Notting- Biog . Brit , hamshire , educated at Trinity college in Cambridge ( of which he became fellow ) , and , July 15 , 1578 , incorporated mafter of arts at Oxford . He took his doctor's degree in divinity , and was ...
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... born in the year 1582 , at Afhby de la Zouch , in Leicestershire . He was educated at the public fchool of that town , and from thence went to Emanuel college in Cambridge , under the tuition of Dr. Jofeph Hall , af- terwards bishop of ...
... born in the year 1582 , at Afhby de la Zouch , in Leicestershire . He was educated at the public fchool of that town , and from thence went to Emanuel college in Cambridge , under the tuition of Dr. Jofeph Hall , af- terwards bishop of ...
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... born at Cove , a small village in Suffolk , about five miles from Dunwich . His parents being in poor circumftances , and encumbered with a large family , he was entered at twelve years of age in the monaftery of Carmelites at Norwich ...
... born at Cove , a small village in Suffolk , about five miles from Dunwich . His parents being in poor circumftances , and encumbered with a large family , he was entered at twelve years of age in the monaftery of Carmelites at Norwich ...
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... born in 1594 , at Angouleme , the capital of the province of Angoumois . About feventeen years of age he went to Hol- land , where he compofed a difcourfe on the ftate of the United Provinces . He accompanied also the duke d'Epernon to ...
... born in 1594 , at Angouleme , the capital of the province of Angoumois . About feventeen years of age he went to Hol- land , where he compofed a difcourfe on the ftate of the United Provinces . He accompanied also the duke d'Epernon to ...
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... born at Venice , the 21st of May , 1454 . the early part of his life he was intruffed with many honour- able employments : he was fent by the Venetians to the emperor Frederic , and to his fon Maximilian king of the Romans . The fpeech ...
... born at Venice , the 21st of May , 1454 . the early part of his life he was intruffed with many honour- able employments : he was fent by the Venetians to the emperor Frederic , and to his fon Maximilian king of the Romans . The fpeech ...
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