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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... took the degree of D. D. Thence he went to Holland , and afterwards to Berlin at the defire of count d'Efpenfe ; where he was made minifter of the French church , lately established by the elector of Brandenbourg . He refided in this ...
... took the degree of D. D. Thence he went to Holland , and afterwards to Berlin at the defire of count d'Efpenfe ; where he was made minifter of the French church , lately established by the elector of Brandenbourg . He refided in this ...
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... took his degree of B. D. and proceeded doctor in that faculty in May , 1597 ; and , in the month of September of the fame year , he was Heylin's life elected mafter of Univerfity College . About this time it was , that the differences ...
... took his degree of B. D. and proceeded doctor in that faculty in May , 1597 ; and , in the month of September of the fame year , he was Heylin's life elected mafter of Univerfity College . About this time it was , that the differences ...
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... took any notice of thefe fcruples , till " the affairs of Spain and Holland forced " me to it . All my neighbours call on 66 me to concur in the treaty between " Holland - and Spain ; and the honour " of the nation will not fuffer the ...
... took any notice of thefe fcruples , till " the affairs of Spain and Holland forced " me to it . All my neighbours call on 66 me to concur in the treaty between " Holland - and Spain ; and the honour " of the nation will not fuffer the ...
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... took an advantage of this misfortune , to xvIII . b.x. leffen him in the king's favour ; but his majefty faid , " Anp . 87 . " angel might have mifcarried in this fort . " His enemies al- leging , that he had incurred an irregularity ...
... took an advantage of this misfortune , to xvIII . b.x. leffen him in the king's favour ; but his majefty faid , " Anp . 87 . " angel might have mifcarried in this fort . " His enemies al- leging , that he had incurred an irregularity ...
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... took his degree of M. A. and foon became a celebrated preacher ; and to this talent he chiefly owed his preferment . Upon his first fermon at Worcester , he was chofen lecturer in that city , and foon after rector of All Saints in the ...
... took his degree of M. A. and foon became a celebrated preacher ; and to this talent he chiefly owed his preferment . Upon his first fermon at Worcester , he was chofen lecturer in that city , and foon after rector of All Saints in the ...
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