A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... entering into holy orders , became a canon in the church of St. Genevieve . Enter - Gaillard , though great , were comparatively taining doubts relative to the Roman catholic unnoticed . He therefore entered into an en- doctrines , he ...
... entering into holy orders , became a canon in the church of St. Genevieve . Enter - Gaillard , though great , were comparatively taining doubts relative to the Roman catholic unnoticed . He therefore entered into an en- doctrines , he ...
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... entered the army , mical works were published in Latin , by Go- without obtaining any distinction . At the age lius , under the title of " Lapis Philosopho- of fifty he became an advocate , but meeting rum ; " and an English translation ...
... entered the army , mical works were published in Latin , by Go- without obtaining any distinction . At the age lius , under the title of " Lapis Philosopho- of fifty he became an advocate , but meeting rum ; " and an English translation ...
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... entered . He was afterwards made arch- deacon of Monmouth , whence he was raised to the bishopric of St Asaph . The unsettled state of affairs in North Wales induced him to quit that country , and retire to the court of Henry II , who ...
... entered . He was afterwards made arch- deacon of Monmouth , whence he was raised to the bishopric of St Asaph . The unsettled state of affairs in North Wales induced him to quit that country , and retire to the court of Henry II , who ...
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... entered into an alliance with Holland and France , then under the regency of the 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 ...
... entered into an alliance with Holland and France , then under the regency of the 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 ...
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... entered the Society of Jesuits in 1670. In 1685 he embarked on a mission to China with six other mathematicians of the society . He remained at Pekin to study the Tartarian lan- guage , and so ingratiated himself with the emperor , that ...
... entered the Society of Jesuits in 1670. In 1685 he embarked on a mission to China with six other mathematicians of the society . He remained at Pekin to study the Tartarian lan- guage , and so ingratiated himself with the emperor , that ...
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