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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... died ) ; but a judicious narrative of the actions or writings , the honours or difgraces , of all those whofe Virtues , Parts , Learning , or even Vices , have preferved them from oblivion in any records , of whatever age , and in ...
... died ) ; but a judicious narrative of the actions or writings , the honours or difgraces , of all those whofe Virtues , Parts , Learning , or even Vices , have preferved them from oblivion in any records , of whatever age , and in ...
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... dying in 1688 , Abbadie accepted of marfhal Schomberg's propofal to go with him firft to Holland , and then to ... died in the parish of Mary - le - bon , Sept. 23 , 1727. He was firongly attached to the cause of king William , as ...
... dying in 1688 , Abbadie accepted of marfhal Schomberg's propofal to go with him firft to Holland , and then to ... died in the parish of Mary - le - bon , Sept. 23 , 1727. He was firongly attached to the cause of king William , as ...
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... died his great comp . hift . patron Thomas Sackville , eart of Dorfet , lord high treasurer of the tranf , of England , and chancellor of the univerfity of Oxford . of the Bible After his deceafe , Dr. Abbot became chaplain to George ...
... died his great comp . hift . patron Thomas Sackville , eart of Dorfet , lord high treasurer of the tranf , of England , and chancellor of the univerfity of Oxford . of the Bible After his deceafe , Dr. Abbot became chaplain to George ...
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... died Jan. 10 , 1638 ; leaving one fon , George , of whom fee below [ A ] . He was a man of an amiable character ; and that his love for trade was rewarded with proportionate fuccefs , ap- pears from a dedication [ B ] to him , when ...
... died Jan. 10 , 1638 ; leaving one fon , George , of whom fee below [ A ] . He was a man of an amiable character ; and that his love for trade was rewarded with proportionate fuccefs , ap- pears from a dedication [ B ] to him , when ...
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... died March 2 , 1617 , in the 58th year of his age . He did not fill the fee quite two years and three months ; and was one of the five bishops , which Salisbury had in fix years . He was buried oppofite to the bishop's feat in the ...
... died March 2 , 1617 , in the 58th year of his age . He did not fill the fee quite two years and three months ; and was one of the five bishops , which Salisbury had in fix years . He was buried oppofite to the bishop's feat in the ...
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