A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1833 |
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... duke Clarendon , in his embassy to the court of and duchess of Queensbury , who took him Hanover ; but the death of the queen once into their house , and condescended to manage more threw a cloud upon his rising prospects . his ...
... duke Clarendon , in his embassy to the court of and duchess of Queensbury , who took him Hanover ; but the death of the queen once into their house , and condescended to manage more threw a cloud upon his rising prospects . his ...
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... duke of Orleans , whose interest it was to be on good terms with Great Britain . The death of Charles XII in 1717 put an end to this alarm ; which , however , was soon renewed by the audacious project of the cele- brated Spanish ...
... duke of Orleans , whose interest it was to be on good terms with Great Britain . The death of Charles XII in 1717 put an end to this alarm ; which , however , was soon renewed by the audacious project of the cele- brated Spanish ...
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... duke of Cumberland , at the head of an Hanoverian army , was obliged to capitulate to the French , who took possession of the whole of the electorate . When Mr. Pitt , however , was called by the voice of the people to the direction of ...
... duke of Cumberland , at the head of an Hanoverian army , was obliged to capitulate to the French , who took possession of the whole of the electorate . When Mr. Pitt , however , was called by the voice of the people to the direction of ...
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... Duke of Orleans was murdered by order of the duke of Burgundy , which John Petit was base enough to justify , Gerson caused the doctrine of this tyrannicide to be censured by the doctors and bishops of Paris . He also distinguished ...
... Duke of Orleans was murdered by order of the duke of Burgundy , which John Petit was base enough to justify , Gerson caused the doctrine of this tyrannicide to be censured by the doctors and bishops of Paris . He also distinguished ...
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... duke of Bridgewater , at the time when he was projecting improvements of his collieries in the vicinity of Manchester . Mr Gilbert having surveyed the works , formed the plan of making a navigable canal for the conveyance of coal to ...
... duke of Bridgewater , at the time when he was projecting improvements of his collieries in the vicinity of Manchester . Mr Gilbert having surveyed the works , formed the plan of making a navigable canal for the conveyance of coal to ...
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