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 ...W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... carried in his later embaffies , were drawn by himself ; whence we may conclude , fays Mr. Vol . H. p . Wicquefort , that he was the ableft perfon in all that country , not only for conducting of negotiations , but for inftructing ...
... carried in his later embaffies , were drawn by himself ; whence we may conclude , fays Mr. Vol . H. p . Wicquefort , that he was the ableft perfon in all that country , not only for conducting of negotiations , but for inftructing ...
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... carry his prerogative as primate of England to any great height ; yet he fhewed a steady refolution in the maintenance of the rights of the high - commiffion court , and would not Winwood's fubmit to lord Coke's prohibitions . Being a ...
... carry his prerogative as primate of England to any great height ; yet he fhewed a steady refolution in the maintenance of the rights of the high - commiffion court , and would not Winwood's fubmit to lord Coke's prohibitions . Being a ...
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... carried him along with him . By this means he escaped the hardships of the fiege of Derry , in which Mrs. Abernethy loft all her other children . Having spent fome years at a grammar fchool , he was removed to Glasgow college , where he ...
... carried him along with him . By this means he escaped the hardships of the fiege of Derry , in which Mrs. Abernethy loft all her other children . Having spent fome years at a grammar fchool , he was removed to Glasgow college , where he ...
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... carried to Florence , and buried in the church of the Carthufians . The fmall fortune Jovius in he left his children is a proof of his probity and difinterested- elogiis , c.16 . nefs . His daughters , like thofe of Ariftides , were ...
... carried to Florence , and buried in the church of the Carthufians . The fmall fortune Jovius in he left his children is a proof of his probity and difinterested- elogiis , c.16 . nefs . His daughters , like thofe of Ariftides , were ...
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... carried on betwixt them should continue , The relation above - mentioned hurt him greatly in these particulars ; for he got the match to be broken off ; and he per- fuaded Acosta's brother to keep all the goods in his poffeffion , and ...
... carried on betwixt them should continue , The relation above - mentioned hurt him greatly in these particulars ; for he got the match to be broken off ; and he per- fuaded Acosta's brother to keep all the goods in his poffeffion , and ...
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