The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature: A - Ana, 2. köideBlack, 1853 - 840 pages |
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... Lord of Someldyck and Spyck , one of the greatest negotiators of the United Provinces . He was born at the Hague in 1572. His father , Cornelius Aarsens , was secretary to the States ; and being acquainted with Mr Mornay du Plessis , at ...
... Lord of Someldyck and Spyck , one of the greatest negotiators of the United Provinces . He was born at the Hague in 1572. His father , Cornelius Aarsens , was secretary to the States ; and being acquainted with Mr Mornay du Plessis , at ...
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... lords who gave them . This inconvenience gave rise to the statutes against gifts in mortmain ; and Lord Coke tells us , that several lords , at their creation , had a clause in their grant , that the donor might give or sell his land to ...
... lords who gave them . This inconvenience gave rise to the statutes against gifts in mortmain ; and Lord Coke tells us , that several lords , at their creation , had a clause in their grant , that the donor might give or sell his land to ...
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... lord , and were distinguished by other badges of the epis- copate , particularly the mitre . " Hence arose new distinctions between the abbots . Those were termed mitred abbots , who were privileged to wear the mitre , and exercise ...
... lord , and were distinguished by other badges of the epis- copate , particularly the mitre . " Hence arose new distinctions between the abbots . Those were termed mitred abbots , who were privileged to wear the mitre , and exercise ...
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... Lord High Treasurer of England , on Isaiah xl . 6. 1608 , 4to . 7. Translation of a part of the New Testament , with the rest of the Oxford divines . 1611. 8. Some Memorials , touching the Nullity between the Earl of Essex and his Lady ...
... Lord High Treasurer of England , on Isaiah xl . 6. 1608 , 4to . 7. Translation of a part of the New Testament , with the rest of the Oxford divines . 1611. 8. Some Memorials , touching the Nullity between the Earl of Essex and his Lady ...
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... Lord Colchester , and obtained a pension of bury L.4000 a - year ; but he afterwards took no very prominent part in public affairs , except in strenuous opposition to the Abbrevia - Roman Catholic Emancipation . In 1828 he published six ...
... Lord Colchester , and obtained a pension of bury L.4000 a - year ; but he afterwards took no very prominent part in public affairs , except in strenuous opposition to the Abbrevia - Roman Catholic Emancipation . In 1828 he published six ...
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