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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... thought very unbecoming . For if he thought , as by his behaviour afterwards it seems he did , that the nation was running into treason , rebellion , and perjury , it was a strange thing to see one , who was at the head of the church ...
... thought very unbecoming . For if he thought , as by his behaviour afterwards it seems he did , that the nation was running into treason , rebellion , and perjury , it was a strange thing to see one , who was at the head of the church ...
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... thought he had improved , or made the last so , by an art of his own invention . " In 1606 , he was elected Fellow of his college ; and in the following year he proceeded M. A. In 1608 , he was chosen reader of logic in his college ...
... thought he had improved , or made the last so , by an art of his own invention . " In 1606 , he was elected Fellow of his college ; and in the following year he proceeded M. A. In 1608 , he was chosen reader of logic in his college ...
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... thought it un- worthy of him to follow , and with firmness and composure awaited the issue of events . On the same night the Duke of Northumber- land sent for him , to proclaim Queen Mary in the market - place at Cambridge , telling him ...
... thought it un- worthy of him to follow , and with firmness and composure awaited the issue of events . On the same night the Duke of Northumber- land sent for him , to proclaim Queen Mary in the market - place at Cambridge , telling him ...
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... thought too Pagan for a church , Bembo substituted two others , which are scarcely more Christian : Da sacro cineri flores : hic ille Maroni Sincerus Musa proximus et tumulo . In fact , though Sannazaro displayed the re- ligious zeal of ...
... thought too Pagan for a church , Bembo substituted two others , which are scarcely more Christian : Da sacro cineri flores : hic ille Maroni Sincerus Musa proximus et tumulo . In fact , though Sannazaro displayed the re- ligious zeal of ...
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... thought of applying the ther- mometer to medical purposes , as also the hygro- meter . He likewise mentions an instrument for exhibiting differences in the pulse ; and various other contrivances for medical and chirurgical uses , to ...
... thought of applying the ther- mometer to medical purposes , as also the hygro- meter . He likewise mentions an instrument for exhibiting differences in the pulse ; and various other contrivances for medical and chirurgical uses , to ...
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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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