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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... fhould purfue his genius , 1728 . even though the always were forced to fpin for her livelihood : and to this the good man her husband , we suppose for peace's fake , at length confented . His first mafter was Alart Claeller , an ...
... fhould purfue his genius , 1728 . even though the always were forced to fpin for her livelihood : and to this the good man her husband , we suppose for peace's fake , at length confented . His first mafter was Alart Claeller , an ...
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... fhould be pronounced with- of Dunbar . This noble lord had pro- " out their approbation . That all pre- ceeded fo far two years before , as to ob- " fentations of benefices fhould belong tain an act for the reftitution of the " to them ...
... fhould be pronounced with- of Dunbar . This noble lord had pro- " out their approbation . That all pre- ceeded fo far two years before , as to ob- " fentations of benefices fhould belong tain an act for the reftitution of the " to them ...
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... fhould be moderator of " all conventions , for exercifings , or " prophefyings , which fhould be held within their bounds . " All which articles were ratified by the parliament of that kingdom . [ c ] Here follows a copy of the let- ter ...
... fhould be moderator of " all conventions , for exercifings , or " prophefyings , which fhould be held within their bounds . " All which articles were ratified by the parliament of that kingdom . [ c ] Here follows a copy of the let- ter ...
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... fhould be divorced ; but he was , in his own judgment , directly against the divorce . He laboured all he could to extricate himself from thefe diffi- culties , by having an end put to the cause some other way than by fentence ; but it ...
... fhould be divorced ; but he was , in his own judgment , directly against the divorce . He laboured all he could to extricate himself from thefe diffi- culties , by having an end put to the cause some other way than by fentence ; but it ...
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... fhould be my language , " which I pray you humbly and heartily " 8 to reprefent to the king my master , " telling him , that when I can ftand , " I hope to do his majefty fome fervice . " herein . So commending me unta . you , I remain ...
... fhould be my language , " which I pray you humbly and heartily " 8 to reprefent to the king my master , " telling him , that when I can ftand , " I hope to do his majefty fome fervice . " herein . So commending me unta . you , I remain ...
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