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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... principal hand in the alterations which were made in the Liturgy . From the moment when he took possession of his see , his grand object was to do all the good in his power . power . Instead of enriching himself from his revenues , he ...
... principal hand in the alterations which were made in the Liturgy . From the moment when he took possession of his see , his grand object was to do all the good in his power . power . Instead of enriching himself from his revenues , he ...
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... principal corrupters of the University , that prelate di- rected that the strictest search should be made after him . Receiving timely notice of his danger , he was so fortunate as to elude his pursuers and to escape to the continent ...
... principal corrupters of the University , that prelate di- rected that the strictest search should be made after him . Receiving timely notice of his danger , he was so fortunate as to elude his pursuers and to escape to the continent ...
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... principal qua- lification for this study ; and that the blind are by necessity more abstracted than others ( for which reason it is said that Democritus put out his eyes , that he might think more intensely ) ; we shall perhaps find ...
... principal qua- lification for this study ; and that the blind are by necessity more abstracted than others ( for which reason it is said that Democritus put out his eyes , that he might think more intensely ) ; we shall perhaps find ...
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... principal inhabitants that he was treated by them with great attention , arrived at Swansea . He spent about a year in that place , secretly employed in writing another tragedy on the story of Overbury , which he designed to bring on ...
... principal inhabitants that he was treated by them with great attention , arrived at Swansea . He spent about a year in that place , secretly employed in writing another tragedy on the story of Overbury , which he designed to bring on ...
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... principal towns in Flanders , of which Brussels sur- rendered the last in February 1746. In the campaign of that year he obtained the victory of Roucroux , and was nominated marshal general of the French armies . The victory of Lawfeldt ...
... principal towns in Flanders , of which Brussels sur- rendered the last in February 1746. In the campaign of that year he obtained the victory of Roucroux , and was nominated marshal general of the French armies . The victory of Lawfeldt ...
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