General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 9Robinson, 1814 - 644 pages |
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... appointed him regius professor of divinity " Thus , " says Walton , " he went on in at Oxford , and canon of Christ ... appoint him one of his chaplains in the Isle of Wight , it was complied with , and ordinary . During his first ...
... appointed him regius professor of divinity " Thus , " says Walton , " he went on in at Oxford , and canon of Christ ... appoint him one of his chaplains in the Isle of Wight , it was complied with , and ordinary . During his first ...
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... appointed to undertake that work , and he had allotted to him as his portion the first and second books of Kings , and the first and second books of Chronicles . In the year 1570 , upon the translation of Grindal from the bishopric of ...
... appointed to undertake that work , and he had allotted to him as his portion the first and second books of Kings , and the first and second books of Chronicles . In the year 1570 , upon the translation of Grindal from the bishopric of ...
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... appointed him his secretary , and made him the compa- nion of his journies . He resided for some time in Germany , where he acquired the es- teem of the Princess Sophia , daughter of the King of Bohemia . A variety of works in prose and ...
... appointed him his secretary , and made him the compa- nion of his journies . He resided for some time in Germany , where he acquired the es- teem of the Princess Sophia , daughter of the King of Bohemia . A variety of works in prose and ...
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... appointed to teach divinity to his fraternity . In these employ- ments he acquitted himself with the greatest activity , integrity , disinterestedness , and pru- dence , and by his general behaviour rendered himself amiable as well as ...
... appointed to teach divinity to his fraternity . In these employ- ments he acquitted himself with the greatest activity , integrity , disinterestedness , and pru- dence , and by his general behaviour rendered himself amiable as well as ...
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... appoint a king to reign over them , that their form of government might be like that of other nations , Saul was ... appointed by lot to the regal office . At this time he had out of modesty withdrawn into a place of conceal- ment ...
... appoint a king to reign over them , that their form of government might be like that of other nations , Saul was ... appointed by lot to the regal office . At this time he had out of modesty withdrawn into a place of conceal- ment ...
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