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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Page ii
... faid WILLIAM OWEN , and WILLIAM JOHNSTON , Their Heirs , Executors , and Affigns , Our Royal Privilege and Licence , for the fole printing , publishing , and vend- ing their faid Dictionary , for the Term of Fourteen Years ; to be ...
... faid WILLIAM OWEN , and WILLIAM JOHNSTON , Their Heirs , Executors , and Affigns , Our Royal Privilege and Licence , for the fole printing , publishing , and vend- ing their faid Dictionary , for the Term of Fourteen Years ; to be ...
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... faid of Mr. Collier . So that , upon the whole , neither any nor all of thefe per- formances , however voluminous and expensive , contain what ought to be found in an Univerfal Biographical Dictionary ; and fuch is the work . which we ...
... faid of Mr. Collier . So that , upon the whole , neither any nor all of thefe per- formances , however voluminous and expensive , contain what ought to be found in an Univerfal Biographical Dictionary ; and fuch is the work . which we ...
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... faid of a king in poffeffion , " landers to be abandoned , especially " after so much money and men spent in their quarrel ; therefore I was of the mind to call my clergy together , " to fatisfy not fo much me , as the " world about us ...
... faid of a king in poffeffion , " landers to be abandoned , especially " after so much money and men spent in their quarrel ; therefore I was of the mind to call my clergy together , " to fatisfy not fo much me , as the " world about us ...
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... faid to cut with one edge , and cure with the other . I " commit you to God's protection , " good Dr. Abbot , and reft your good " friend , " JAMES R. " king James's reign , but the part acted therein by king ABBOT . Regift. ...
... faid to cut with one edge , and cure with the other . I " commit you to God's protection , " good Dr. Abbot , and reft your good " friend , " JAMES R. " king James's reign , but the part acted therein by king ABBOT . Regift. ...
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... faid , " Anp . 87 . " angel might have mifcarried in this fort . " His enemies al- leging , that he had incurred an irregularity , and was , thereby incapacitated for performing the offices of a primate , the king directed a commiffion ...
... faid , " Anp . 87 . " angel might have mifcarried in this fort . " His enemies al- leging , that he had incurred an irregularity , and was , thereby incapacitated for performing the offices of a primate , the king directed a commiffion ...
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