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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... sent to the clergy of his province , exhorted them to cultivate a good correspondence with the Pro- testant Dissenters , and he endeavoured to pro- mote a comprehension of them in the national church , by proposing a scheme to review ...
... sent to the clergy of his province , exhorted them to cultivate a good correspondence with the Pro- testant Dissenters , and he endeavoured to pro- mote a comprehension of them in the national church , by proposing a scheme to review ...
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... sent for the author to Rome , where he was graciously received , and would have re- ceived substantial marks of favour , had not the death of His Holiness taken place . Find- ing his prospects thus disappointed , he went to reside with ...
... sent for the author to Rome , where he was graciously received , and would have re- ceived substantial marks of favour , had not the death of His Holiness taken place . Find- ing his prospects thus disappointed , he went to reside with ...
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... sent for him , to proclaim Queen Mary in the market - place at Cambridge , telling him that she was a merciful woman , and that he had sent to know her pleasure , and expected a general pardon ; but Dr. Sandys steadily re- fused to act ...
... sent for him , to proclaim Queen Mary in the market - place at Cambridge , telling him that she was a merciful woman , and that he had sent to know her pleasure , and expected a general pardon ; but Dr. Sandys steadily re- fused to act ...
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... sent to study the law at Padua , but the more agree- able studies in which he had been initiated gave him a distaste to severer pursuits , and in- stead of attending the schools , he procured admission into the newly founded Academy of ...
... sent to study the law at Padua , but the more agree- able studies in which he had been initiated gave him a distaste to severer pursuits , and in- stead of attending the schools , he procured admission into the newly founded Academy of ...
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... sent an account of their dismal condition to the elders of Israel , Saul caused a yoke of oxen to be hewed in pieces , and sent among all the tribes with the threatening message , that such should be the fate of every man's cattle who ...
... sent an account of their dismal condition to the elders of Israel , Saul caused a yoke of oxen to be hewed in pieces , and sent among all the tribes with the threatening message , that such should be the fate of every man's cattle who ...
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