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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... obtained another commission , under which an attempt was made to deprive Whittingham as a layman , because that in ... obtain advantageous leases of manors , or other property belonging to his see ; but he firmly resisted them all , and ...
... obtained another commission , under which an attempt was made to deprive Whittingham as a layman , because that in ... obtain advantageous leases of manors , or other property belonging to his see ; but he firmly resisted them all , and ...
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... obtained the post of geographer to the King . NICHOLAS , the eldest , was killed during the famous barricades of Paris in 1648 , while de- fending the chancellor Seguier against the fury of the populace . He was the author of a treatise ...
... obtained the post of geographer to the King . NICHOLAS , the eldest , was killed during the famous barricades of Paris in 1648 , while de- fending the chancellor Seguier against the fury of the populace . He was the author of a treatise ...
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... obtained from him the usual satisfaction ; he must trample him in the dirt and disfigure him . His latinity runs away with him . is unwilling that all the foul language he has learnt should be lost ; and he finds it more easy to produce ...
... obtained from him the usual satisfaction ; he must trample him in the dirt and disfigure him . His latinity runs away with him . is unwilling that all the foul language he has learnt should be lost ; and he finds it more easy to produce ...
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... obtained the living of St. Leu in his native city . Afterwards he became official and grand vicar of the diocese . By several small pieces which he wrote on subjects connected with ecclesiastical history , he acquired the no- tice and ...
... obtained the living of St. Leu in his native city . Afterwards he became official and grand vicar of the diocese . By several small pieces which he wrote on subjects connected with ecclesiastical history , he acquired the no- tice and ...
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... obtained in 1734 the survivorship of a medical chair in the Univer- sity , of which he soon began to perform the duties . He studied with great ardour , made experiments , and attended with assiduity upon the patients who offered , and ...
... obtained in 1734 the survivorship of a medical chair in the Univer- sity , of which he soon began to perform the duties . He studied with great ardour , made experiments , and attended with assiduity upon the patients who offered , and ...
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