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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Page 19
... death affords a proof of the liberties that were taken with him . Having accompa- nied , as he usually did , the Duke of Bourbon to Dijon at the assembly of the states of Bur- gundy , some inconsiderate joker threw a quan- tity of ...
... death affords a proof of the liberties that were taken with him . Having accompa- nied , as he usually did , the Duke of Bourbon to Dijon at the assembly of the states of Bur- gundy , some inconsiderate joker threw a quan- tity of ...
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... death , his widow the celebrated Zenobia maintained her independence against the Per- sian arms , but sunk under those of the Roman Emperor Aurelian . Sapor , amidst much variety of fortune , continued to ag- grandize himself at the ...
... death , his widow the celebrated Zenobia maintained her independence against the Per- sian arms , but sunk under those of the Roman Emperor Aurelian . Sapor , amidst much variety of fortune , continued to ag- grandize himself at the ...
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... death , and then reduced that country to the condition of a Persian province . He afterwards placed a vassal of his own upon the throne of Iberia . The inhabitants of those countries , being Christians , were , however , more attached ...
... death , and then reduced that country to the condition of a Persian province . He afterwards placed a vassal of his own upon the throne of Iberia . The inhabitants of those countries , being Christians , were , however , more attached ...
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... death , as his reputation had been during his life ; and it was even said that he had been guilty of crimes by his own confession , which ought to have been punished with death . Among others , Voltaire stepped forwards in his defence ...
... death , as his reputation had been during his life ; and it was even said that he had been guilty of crimes by his own confession , which ought to have been punished with death . Among others , Voltaire stepped forwards in his defence ...
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... death of Eusden . His annual dole of incense on Her Majesty's birth day was graciously ac cepted , and he was rewarded with a pension of 50l . a - year as long as the Queen survived . In the meantime he lived in perpetual alterna- tions ...
... death of Eusden . His annual dole of incense on Her Majesty's birth day was graciously ac cepted , and he was rewarded with a pension of 50l . a - year as long as the Queen survived . In the meantime he lived in perpetual alterna- tions ...
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General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most ..., Volume 8 John Aikin,William Johnston No preview available - 2019 |
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