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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... thought to be precluded by any other work of the fame kind that is already extant . The principal of these works are Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary ; the Gene- ral Dictionary ; the Biographia Britannica ; the Athenæ ...
... thought to be precluded by any other work of the fame kind that is already extant . The principal of these works are Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary ; the Gene- ral Dictionary ; the Biographia Britannica ; the Athenæ ...
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... thought it really in danger . His great zeal for the Proteftant religion made him a ftrenuous pro- moter of the match between the Elector Palatine and the princefs Elizabeth , which was accordingly concluded and folemnized Feb. 14 ...
... thought it really in danger . His great zeal for the Proteftant religion made him a ftrenuous pro- moter of the match between the Elector Palatine and the princefs Elizabeth , which was accordingly concluded and folemnized Feb. 14 ...
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... the archbishop , being against it , drew up his reafons , which the king thought fit to answer himself . See Saunderfan's Hiftory of king James , P. 390 . his III . P. 2828 Heylin's Life of Abp . Laud , p.83 . his ABBOT . 9.
... the archbishop , being against it , drew up his reafons , which the king thought fit to answer himself . See Saunderfan's Hiftory of king James , P. 390 . his III . P. 2828 Heylin's Life of Abp . Laud , p.83 . his ABBOT . 9.
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... thought " fit to be made a king ; and methinks " " I do in this , and that of Hungary , " " fore fee the work of God , that by 66 once again , what can be done in this bufinefs of a higher nature ; and all " the money that may be spared ...
... thought " fit to be made a king ; and methinks " " I do in this , and that of Hungary , " " fore fee the work of God , that by 66 once again , what can be done in this bufinefs of a higher nature ; and all " the money that may be spared ...
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... thought it fhould be done by the king , and by him alone . The lord keeper , and the bishops of London , Rochester , Exeter , and St. David's , were for a commiffion from the king directed to fome bifhops . Judge Dodderidge and fir ...
... thought it fhould be done by the king , and by him alone . The lord keeper , and the bishops of London , Rochester , Exeter , and St. David's , were for a commiffion from the king directed to fome bifhops . Judge Dodderidge and fir ...
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