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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... father that he was sufficiently well prepared for entering upon academic studies , and advised that he should be sent immediately to the University . With this advice his father complied , and took him to Oxford , where he was admitted ...
... father that he was sufficiently well prepared for entering upon academic studies , and advised that he should be sent immediately to the University . With this advice his father complied , and took him to Oxford , where he was admitted ...
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... father , who had published several maps . At the age of 18 , or 19 , he had drawn a map of ancient Gaul , on four sheets , and compled a Latin explanatory treatise to accompany it ; but he was persuaded to defer the publication of this ...
... father , who had published several maps . At the age of 18 , or 19 , he had drawn a map of ancient Gaul , on four sheets , and compled a Latin explanatory treatise to accompany it ; but he was persuaded to defer the publication of this ...
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... father on his removal to Venice , where he was instructed in classical literature by the ablest masters . It being his father's design to fit him for advance- ment at the court of Rome , he was sent to study the law at Padua , but the ...
... father on his removal to Venice , where he was instructed in classical literature by the ablest masters . It being his father's design to fit him for advance- ment at the court of Rome , he was sent to study the law at Padua , but the ...
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... father and retired into Persia . Sapor , taking the field , over - ran Mesopotamia and threatened Antioch ; when the younger Gordian , under the tutelage of his father - in - law Misitheus , advanced to meet him . The Persian King ...
... father and retired into Persia . Sapor , taking the field , over - ran Mesopotamia and threatened Antioch ; when the younger Gordian , under the tutelage of his father - in - law Misitheus , advanced to meet him . The Persian King ...
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... Father Paul's learning , abilities , and intre- pidity . Among the decrees passed by the re- public , one prohibited the establishment within their dominions of any new hospitals or monaste- ries , or any new order or society , without ...
... Father Paul's learning , abilities , and intre- pidity . Among the decrees passed by the re- public , one prohibited the establishment within their dominions of any new hospitals or monaste- ries , or any new order or society , without ...
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