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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... court of augmentation . He Mem . or Q - prefented to Henry VIII . a fcheme for a feminary of states- Elizabeth , men , by founding a college for the ftudy of the civil law , and the teaching of the Latin and French languages in their ...
... court of augmentation . He Mem . or Q - prefented to Henry VIII . a fcheme for a feminary of states- Elizabeth , men , by founding a college for the ftudy of the civil law , and the teaching of the Latin and French languages in their ...
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... court - life , and , as himself expreffes it , both by family and education , tinged with civil affairs . His extraordinary parts , even when Works , a child , were fo confpicuous at court , that the queen would voi . iii . often ...
... court - life , and , as himself expreffes it , both by family and education , tinged with civil affairs . His extraordinary parts , even when Works , a child , were fo confpicuous at court , that the queen would voi . iii . often ...
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... court and mini- ftry of queen Elizabeth were , through her whole reign , di- vided into two factions ; at the head of one were the two Cecils ; and at the head of the other , first the earl of Lei- cefter , and afterwards the earl of ...
... court and mini- ftry of queen Elizabeth were , through her whole reign , di- vided into two factions ; at the head of one were the two Cecils ; and at the head of the other , first the earl of Lei- cefter , and afterwards the earl of ...
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... court jointly with fir Thomas Vavafor then knight- vol . ii . marshal . In 1613 , he fucceeded fir Henry Hobart , advanced F.438 . to the place of chief juftice of the common pleas , as attorney- general . The next year , an objection ...
... court jointly with fir Thomas Vavafor then knight- vol . ii . marshal . In 1613 , he fucceeded fir Henry Hobart , advanced F.438 . to the place of chief juftice of the common pleas , as attorney- general . The next year , an objection ...
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... court . ' But he was foon reftored to his liberty , and had his fine remitted ; and was fummoned to the first parliament of king Charles ( c ) . After ( B ) The author of the Effay on Spirit ( who is generally supposed to be Dr. Clayton ...
... court . ' But he was foon reftored to his liberty , and had his fine remitted ; and was fummoned to the first parliament of king Charles ( c ) . After ( B ) The author of the Effay on Spirit ( who is generally supposed to be Dr. Clayton ...
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